Recaps

Qin Wei learned that a new comic had appeared, predicting that he and Oswald would be involved in the tragedy of the Flying Graysons. He went with Oswald to collect rent from the circus, where Dick Grayson’s family faced a beating, and stepped in before Oswald attacked them.

• Gordon told Qin Wei that Harvey Dent had charged fifty-six people in Gotham, while Maroni’s businesses continued without interruption.
• Qin Wei found a comic about Robin’s origin and realized that he and Oswald might be the gangsters who would trigger Dick Grayson’s revenge.
• Qin Wei and Oswald drove to the East End to collect rent from the Flying Graysons’ circus.
• Oswald threatened John Grayson and his family when John asked for a week to pay, and Qin Wei stopped Oswald and offered to handle the situation.

Qin Wei tried to settle the Grayson family's rent peacefully, but Baron arrived and turned the encounter into a massacre. Oswald shot at Baron's men, while Mary died asking him to save Dick, who lay wounded outside the tent.

• Qin Wei offered Old John a cigarette and agreed to accept a small rent payment, hoping to prevent trouble for the Grayson family.
• Baron arrived, mocked Oswald, damaged his car, and threatened the family before Qin Wei refused his offer to join him.
• Baron struck Old John with his pistol and accidentally shot him, then shot the Grayson brothers when they rushed to fight him.
• Baron's underlings killed Old John as he tried to seize Baron's gun, and Oswald drew his pistol and shot one of the gang members.
• Oswald chased Baron into the tent and found Mary dying from a stray bullet as she begged him to save Dick.

After Dick was shot while Baron escaped, Qin Wei got him to a hospital and encouraged Oswald before he went to an urgent meeting with Maroni. Oswald left determined to face the danger, while Qin Wei stayed behind to see whether Dick would pursue Baron on his own.

• Baron escaped, and Qin Wei and Oswald took the wounded Dick to the hospital after Oswald crashed the car in anger.
• Oswald used his gun to clear the way for Dick's treatment, then flirted with nurse Gloria and got her number.
• Qin Wei decided not to stop or help Dick if he pursued Baron, wanting to test the boy's skills without Batman.
• Oswald received a message summoning all fifteen bosses to meet Maroni because they had likely found the fake Harvey's body.
• Qin Wei encouraged Oswald to face the meeting bravely and whispered one last piece of advice before Oswald left.

Oswald attended Maroni’s meeting as Maroni executed Dodge Bourbon after finding evidence that implicated him in the fake Harvey’s murder. Maroni suspected Oswald and offered him Dodge’s businesses in exchange for explaining how the scheme had been carried out.

• Oswald met Royce outside Maroni’s mansion, where Royce revealed that Harvey Dent had visited him and that he feared the meeting was related.
• Dodge told Oswald and Royce that Harvey was a fake and that Maroni wanted to question Oswald about their conversation.
• Maroni shot Dodge in the calf and confronted him with a muddy phone that implicated him in the fake Harvey’s murder.
• Dodge recognized that Oswald had set him up, and Maroni killed him by driving his cane through his eye socket.
• Maroni pressed his bloodied cane beneath Oswald’s chin and offered him Dodge’s businesses if he explained how the scheme worked.

Maroni tortured Oswald while trying to uncover the scheme behind Charlie's death and Dodge's framing, but Oswald convinced him he knew nothing. Meanwhile, Qin Wei met a mysterious old man at Dick's bedside, and the old man declared Dick would recover before vanishing.

• Maroni killed Falcone's moles and beat Oswald, demanding to know how Charlie had been killed and Dodge framed.
• Qin Wei worried over Dick's chances of surviving after surgery while images flickered across his comic.
• An elderly man appeared beside Dick, said the boy would recover, then tested Qin Wei with a lightning-fast punch that Qin Wei instinctively dodged.
• The old man said, "It seems he succeeded, in another way," and disappeared into the corridor.
• Maroni accepted Oswald's claim that he knew nothing, apologized to his men for accusing him, and prepared to explain the deaths.
• Oswald secretly mocked Maroni for believing him.

Qin Wei learned that a bank robbery planned for a month later could expose Maroni’s secret blackmail evidence, while a glimpse of green hair suggested Joker might be involved. After Oswald resisted Maroni’s torture and brought Qin Wei to meet him, Qin Wei believed the advantage had shifted to his side.

• Oswald recalled Qin Wei’s advice and resisted Maroni’s torture without revealing anything.
• Qin Wei read a comic showing red-hooded robbers stealing $45 million from Maroni’s bank, and he suspected Joker was among them.
• Qin Wei concluded that the robbers might have taken evidence of Maroni’s crimes and considered tracking them down, despite the risk of facing Joker.
• Oswald called Qin Wei to say Maroni wanted to speak with him, and Qin Wei agreed to go to the mansion.
• Qin Wei met the badly beaten Oswald outside Maroni’s mansion, embraced him, and went in believing he now had the advantage.

Qin Wei accepted Dodge Manor and its businesses from Maroni while pretending to join his plan against Falcone, then narrowly avoided being shot by staging a fight with Oswald. Back at the hospital, Dick accused Qin Wei of killing his family, and Oswald walked in as Qin Wei disciplined him.

• Maroni gave Qin Wei the key to Dodge Manor and ordered him to feed Falcone false information, while telling him to warn Oswald to recruit more men or leave.
• Qin Wei realized Maroni was trying to drive a wedge between him and Oswald, then staged a fight with Oswald outside the residence when he sensed danger.
• Maroni aimed a Winchester at Qin Wei but lowered it after deciding not to kill him.
• Qin Wei returned to the hospital and found Dick holding a scalpel against him, accusing him of killing Dick's family.
• Qin Wei disarmed Dick and rapped him on the head until he stopped resisting.
• Oswald entered with food and found Qin Wei bullying Dick.

Qin Wei chose to let Dick pursue revenge against Baron, triggering a strange disturbance in the worldline and drawing a cryptic voice that urged him to overturn it. He then invited Oswald to inspect Dodge Manor, giving him the key and a chance to claim the home he had long dreamed of.

• Dick admitted that Qin Wei and Oswald had not killed his family, and Qin Wei gave him bread and his clothes.
• When Dick asked whether Qin Wei would stop him from seeking revenge, the world fell silent until Oswald called Qin Wei back to his senses.
• Qin Wei recognized that his answer could alter Dick's fate, then told him that personal vengeance was just when the law failed to deliver justice.
• Dick left to pursue Baron, and a voice in Qin Wei's mind urged him to turn the worldline upside down.
• Qin Wei invited Oswald to Dodge Manor and placed its key in his hand.

Qin Wei confronted Dodge's subordinates at the manor and rejected their demands, declaring that he would shut down the drug business and fire them. The argument turned violent when one woman attacked him, and Oswald stopped her with a warning shot and aimed his gun at her.

• Qin Wei arrived at Dodge Manor with Oswald and told Paul to take them to Dodge's men.
• Qin Wei and Oswald entered the castle and found five men and three women waiting upstairs.
• An Asian woman demanded higher pay and a larger share of the profits to keep the crew working for Qin Wei.
• Qin Wei offered the crew the low wages Oswald had paid Senate men, then announced he would close the business and fire them.
• The woman raised her fist at Qin Wei, and Oswald fired at the floor before pointing his gun between her eyebrows.

Qin Wei drove Dodge’s men from the estate and convinced Maroni that he was a greedy ally who had turned against Oswald. After Qin Wei denied betraying Falcone, he and Oswald went to sleep, unaware that a phone kept ringing and a massacre had just ended in southern Gotham.

• Qin Wei drove Dodge’s men out of the estate, then ignored Maroni’s first call until he and Oswald had drunk half a bottle of wine.
• Qin Wei staged a drunken quarrel with Oswald over the estate sale, convincing Maroni that he was selfish and under control.
• Falcone called Qin Wei, questioned him about Harvey Dent and Maroni’s suspicions, and asked whether Maroni had turned him.
• Qin Wei denied working for Maroni and told Oswald that knowing less would keep him safer.
• Qin Wei and Oswald fell asleep while the phone rang repeatedly, as a massacre ended in Gotham’s Lower West End.

After Baron killed the Flying Graysons, Dijie helped arrange for the police to hunt the missing Dick Grayson while planning to profit from Baron. Dick found Baron and killed him, leaving the surviving boy to face the consequences of his revenge.

• Dijie dismissed evidence that the circus family had been killed in a shootout and arranged to have Dick Grayson hunted for Baron.
• Dijie visited Baron’s residence to collect drugs, where Baron offered him a young girl and described the misery of their lives.
• Baron injected himself with drugs and hallucinated a gargoyle in the dark bedroom.
• Dick Grayson, dressed in a green bodysuit, stabbed Baron repeatedly and shouted for him to go to hell.

Dijie watched the girl kill herself, then died after shooting Baron's men, while Dick escaped. Qin Wei learned Baron was dead and set out with Oswald to find Dick, reasoning that Maroni needed a scapegoat more than he cared who killed Baron.

• The girl shot herself with Dijie's gun, and Dijie told Dick to escape as Baron's men approached.
• Dijie remembered the Red Hood Gang leader's account of his bad day, shot several of Baron's men, and died in the hallway.
• Paul told Qin Wei the estate was valued at around $180 million, and Qin Wei ordered him to sell it within three days while keeping the cars.
• Oswald saw Royce's messages announcing Baron's death, and Qin Wei explained that Dick's success made him worth recruiting.
• Oswald worried that recruiting Dick would anger Maroni, but Qin Wei suggested Maroni only needed someone to blame for Baron's death.
• Qin Wei stopped Oswald from rushing out and pointed out that an elevator led to the garage and its cars.

Qin Wei and Oswald returned to Gotham’s Lower District and found a riot between the Romans, the Red Hoods, and civilians spiraling out of control. Oswald rushed toward the Senate, and Qin Wei followed him into a trap where Red Hoods surrounded them.

• Qin Wei chose Dodge’s red 1963 Ferrari, and he and Oswald drove it around Gotham before returning to the Lower District.
• The Lower District erupted into widespread violence after Maroni’s men raided homes and the Red Hoods retaliated.
• Qin Wei realized that his advice to Dick had changed the storyline and feared the consequences of disrupting more important events.
• Oswald decided to enter the burning district to protect the Senate, and Qin Wei followed him despite the danger.
• Qin Wei and Oswald tried to reach the Senate through the alleys but were trapped between two groups of Red Hoods, who recognized Oswald and closed in.

Qin Wei discovered that his body could fight with extraordinary skill when the Red Hoods attacked him and Oswald. A bullet failed to kill him, and he turned to find Batman standing behind him.

• A Red Hood leader threatened Qin Wei and Oswald, and Qin Wei instinctively knocked him unconscious with a powerful uppercut.
• Another Red Hood fired at Qin Wei as Oswald lunged toward him.
• Gordon recalled the riots twenty years earlier and the Waynes' murder before a young officer reported that the West End riots had been quelled unusually quickly.
• The bullet struck something with a metallic clang, leaving Qin Wei unharmed and the Red Hoods and Oswald staring in shock.
• Qin Wei turned and saw Batman standing over an unconscious thug.

Qin Wei watched a masked, bat-themed man slaughter the Red Hoods and attack Oswald, then challenged him to protect his friend. Qin Wei tackled the man after he tried to kick him, leaving the two locked in a fight.

• The mysterious man killed several Red Hoods with throwing blades and brutal attacks, while the others fled or surrendered.
• Qin Wei learned from Gordon's phone call that the bat-masked man had attacked officers but helped suppress the riot.
• Oswald reached for his gun, and the mysterious man smashed his face into a concrete wall.
• Qin Wei reached for the pistol despite the danger, prompting the mysterious man to attack him.
• Qin Wei dodged the kick and tackled the mysterious man, whose face twisted with fury when he saw Qin Wei.

Qin Wei fought the mysterious armored man in the alley, but the man outmaneuvered him and won the brutal fight before police arrived. Qin Wei was taken to the hospital, while Gordon examined the devastation and questioned who had made the crater in the wall.

• Qin Wei ambushed the mysterious man and hammered his armor with punches, but the man escaped his mount and battered him with powerful strikes.
• Qin Wei tried to flee, dodged the mysterious man's Batarangs, and caught the grappling hook with his hand to pull his opponent toward him.
• Qin Wei's punch missed when the mysterious man released his utility belt, and the man took Qin Wei down with a rear takedown.
• Police sirens sounded, and the mysterious man left the alley without finishing Qin Wei off.
• Qin Wei was taken to the hospital, while Gordon surveyed the bodies and damaged walls and wondered who had left the fist-shaped crater.

Qin Wei woke in the hospital, helped Gordon investigate the fake Batman, and left despite his serious injuries to resume his plans. In a sewer laboratory, Dr. Hugo revealed that the masked figure looked exactly like Qin Wei and placed him in a cultivation tank while plotting to fix his failed experiment.

• Qin Wei woke beside Oswald, and Gordon questioned him about the fake Batman’s custom utility belt.
• Qin Wei told Gordon to look for Alfred Pennyworth, reasoning that Alfred’s presence in Gotham could prove Bruce Wayne was alive.
• Qin Wei pulled out his IV, changed clothes with Gordon’s help, and left the hospital to speed up his plans.
• Selina arrived with dumplings after Qin Wei had already left and angrily set the food beside Oswald.
• Dr. Hugo removed the fake Batman’s mask, revealing a lifeless man who looked exactly like Qin Wei, then sent him into a cultivation tank.

After receiving the down payment for his manor, Qin Wei recruited Royce to drive him around Gotham and used a briefcase full of cash to win him over. The pair headed off to find a place where Qin Wei could stock up on weapons.

• Qin Wei received ten million dollars as the manor’s down payment and called Royce to serve as his driver for the day.
• Royce drove Qin Wei to Gotham Central Bank, where Qin Wei withdrew two million dollars.
• A nervous robber entered the bank with a revolver, but a security guard slammed him into the reception counter before he could finish his threat.
• Royce again tried to refuse the driving job, but Qin Wei persuaded him by tossing stacks of cash onto his lap.
• Royce accepted Qin Wei’s offer and asked where they were going next; Qin Wei wanted to find weapons to fill his trunk.

Qin Wei went to Falcone’s black-market port to buy weapons for a planned bank robbery before the Node Event, but Victor said the available stock had already been reserved. Falcone refused to break his business partner’s reservation, though he made clear the cargo would no longer be under his protection once it left the docks.

• Qin Wei drove to Miller Bay with Royce and heard from Oswald that he had survived the fake bat’s attack.
• Victor greeted Qin Wei at the port, and Qin Wei asked him to recommend weapons for robbing a bank.
• Victor told Qin Wei that the port’s powerful weapons had been reserved the previous night and pointed out the buyers loading the crates.
• Qin Wei called Falcone to ask for the reserved weapons, leaving Royce alarmed that he now knew about the robbery plan.
• Falcone refused to betray his business partner but told Qin Wei that the reservation holders would be unprotected after leaving the docks.

Qin Wei persuaded Royce Ben to help him intercept a weapons shipment for his plan to rob Maroni’s bank and expose his crimes. Royce’s history with Maroni ended with the revelation that Maroni had killed the Wayne family.

• Qin Wei asked Royce Ben to identify the men with the weapons shipment and where it was headed, then explained that he planned to bring down Maroni.
• Qin Wei told Royce that he would rob Maroni’s bank in twenty-eight days and needed the shipment to arm his crew.
• Royce asked why Qin Wei trusted him, and Qin Wei said Royce had reason to hate Maroni and might otherwise warn him.
• Royce recalled meeting and marrying Jennifer, then witnessing Gotham’s riot with her while worrying about Maroni.
• After the riot, Maroni came to Royce and confessed that he had killed the Wayne family.

Royce used Harvey Dent’s identity to question beggars about two bodies and joined their suspicious loading crew, while Qin Wei discovered a heavily armored vehicle and negotiated with Victor to buy it. Victor revealed the car was an obsolete Wayne Enterprises prototype, leaving Qin Wei to name his price.

• Royce approached two Beggar Gang members, posed as Harvey Dent, and asked about the masked beggars found dead by the river.
• Royce paid the beggars for their clothes and joined the laborers loading the suspicious shipment.
• A forklift accident sent a heavy armored car crashing out of its container in front of Qin Wei.
• Victor kicked away the forklift operator who threatened Qin Wei and introduced the vehicle as a Wayne Enterprises armored prototype.
• Qin Wei challenged Victor’s claim that the dusty, five-year-old vehicle was the latest model, and Victor asked how much he would pay.

Qin Wei bought the Batmobile and a container of Wayne Enterprises equipment from Victor, then followed Royce onto a truck carrying weapons and beggars. As armed men opened the truck, Maroni interrogated Oswald about how Will contacted Falcone.

• Qin Wei tested Victor’s discretion, inspected the equipment, and negotiated a deal for the Batmobile and the container in exchange for eight million dollars and his Ferrari GT.
• Royce obtained beggars’ clothes, and Qin Wei and Royce disguised themselves to board a truck leaving the port with dangerous goods.
• Qin Wei discovered the truck carried crates of shotguns, while Royce posed as Harvey Dent and warned the beggars that the gang planned to kill them.
• The truck reached the countryside, and armed men unlocked its rear door as Qin Wei and the others waited inside.
• Maroni threatened Oswald and nurse Gloria while demanding details about how Will contacted Falcone.

Oswald revealed how Qin Wei and Falcone communicated after Maroni threatened Gloria, while Qin Wei and Royce escaped a Joker Gang ambush with a truckload of weapons. The Joker Gang pursued them toward Gotham City as Qin Wei and Royce headed to transfer the cargo.

• Oswald gave Maroni the details of Qin Wei and Falcone's calls after Maroni threatened Gloria's life.
• Maroni lowered Gloria from the window and told Oswald that Qin Wei had withdrawn ten million dollars from the bank.
• The beggars stampeded out of the weapons truck, and Royce shot the Joker Gang leader while Qin Wei joined him in escaping the ambush.
• Qin Wei told Royce they needed another vehicle for the weapons, and Royce arranged to meet his men behind Wayne Manor.
• The Joker Gang learned the truck was on Brown Bridge and pursued it toward the city.

Qin Wei and Royce drove a truck carrying explosives through a tunnel, where an encounter with an armed granny gave way to a pursuit by the Joker Gang. As Qin Wei tried to free the truck from the gang’s hooks, Sal Maroni prepared a scheme to draw Falcone to a cocktail party.

• Qin Wei and Royce rode nervously in silence as they approached the tunnel with their explosive cargo.
• A silver-haired granny shot at their truck, and Royce retaliated by blasting a tire on her Beetle and firing into the tunnel ceiling.
• Three Joker Gang pickup trucks caught up with the truck and used hooked steel cables to slow it down.
• Qin Wei climbed onto the cab roof and moved toward the cargo to deal with the hooks while the gang fired at him.
• Sal Maroni wrote invitations to a cocktail party and told Benny to personally deliver Falcone’s invitation, explaining that he planned to lure Falcone with an offer to buy the harbor docks.

Quinn recounted how losing his job, family, and place in society led him to become the Joker Gang’s leader, while the gang’s unseen members waited for Joker to contact them. After Joker called with orders to buy up the weapons at Miller Bay Harbor, Quinn killed a woman who had been coercing him and embraced the madness he planned to spread through Gotham.

• Five years earlier, Quinn lost his job at Ace Chemicals after Red Hood fell into a chemical vat, then lost his home and family and became Maroni’s parking attendant.
• Quinn sexually assaulted and strangled a convenience store clerk, and his face twisted into a grotesque smile as he laughed.
• Madmen across Gotham gathered into the Joker Gang, whose members scattered through the city and occasionally carried out small robberies.
• Two weeks earlier, Joker called Quinn and ordered him to buy up all the weapons at Miller Bay Harbor so Gotham would become less peaceful.
• Quinn killed the woman who had been coercing him, then showered and declared that he would season the world’s boredom with madness.