Recaps

Qin Wei used the Bat Utility Belt to attack the Joker Gang’s convoy in the tunnel, taking down several vehicles and their crews. Badly battered and out of supplies, he continued fighting the remaining gang members as the chapter ended with the convoy still under assault.

• Quinn ordered the Joker Gang to box in the lead pickup, but Qin Wei stunned the nearby gang members with flashbangs and grappled onto their vehicle.
• Qin Wei attacked the lead pickup’s crew and cut the rope restraining Royce’s truck, allowing it to speed up.
• Two rear pickups shot Qin Wei, but he survived behind his bulletproof vest, used a mine to injure two attackers, and leapt into their truck to finish them off.
• With the convoy nearing the tunnel exit and his belt supplies depleted, Qin Wei used the Grappling Hook to swing into another truck and beat its crew.
• Qin Wei jumped to the next pickup, fought its driver for control, and dragged him from the cab with the Grappling Hook.

After escaping the Joker Gang, Qin Wei and Royce encountered a trap on Kane Bridge and came face-to-face with Joker. Joker knew Qin Wei’s real name and held a gun to his temple, leaving Qin Wei in immediate danger.

• Qin Wei called Gordon to report the Joker Gang attack in Novick Tunnel, and Royce asked whether he could take Gordon’s place as commissioner.
• Qin Wei and Royce found a pickup truck blocking Kane Bridge and discovered a reflective, oil-coated wire set to decapitate their truck’s occupants.
• Qin Wei realized their hidden opponent could have killed them already and called out Joker.
• Qin Wei approached what looked like Joker leaning against the pickup, but discovered it was a mannequin.
• Joker emerged from the pickup’s cab, pressed a gun to Qin Wei’s temple, and addressed him by his real name.

Qin Wei tried to kill Joker after Joker offered him weapons and revealed he knew Qin Wei’s plans, but Joker escaped. After returning with Royce’s men and arranging their payment, Qin Wei learned that Maroni had invited Falcone to an investment reception and was tasked with uncovering Maroni’s intentions.

• Joker met Qin Wei and offered him a truckload of weapons to use against Maroni’s banks.
• Qin Wei seized Joker’s gun and fired, but it only produced a joke flag; when Qin Wei and Royce attacked, Joker escaped into the brush.
• Qin Wei blamed Royce for missing Joker, then continued with him to Wayne Manor and arranged a cash bonus for the men who moved the weapons.
• Qin Wei rode back to Gotham, remembered he had left his car and money at the port, and took a taxi toward Oswald’s hospital.
• Qin Wei’s calls to Oswald went unanswered, and Falcone told him that Maroni had invited him to an investment reception and might be planning to act against him.
• Qin Wei changed his destination to Maroni’s manor to investigate the reception before Falcone’s deadline.

Qin Wei told Maroni that Falcone had contacted him and learned Maroni planned to assassinate Falcone with a bomb, but Maroni confined him and took his phone. Trapped together in Maroni’s mansion, Qin Wei and Oswald argued about their situation, leaving Oswald unsure whether Qin Wei still intended to help Falcone.

• Qin Wei told Maroni that Falcone had contacted him, and Maroni revealed his plan to plant a bomb beneath Falcone’s seat at the reception.
• Maroni asked Qin Wei for the code he used to communicate with Falcone, and Qin Wei said they had no code and that Falcone only asked questions he could answer yes or no.
• Maroni confiscated Qin Wei’s phone and locked him in a windowless guest room, ordering Benny to watch him until Falcone called.
• Qin Wei persuaded Benny to massage his feet by invoking Maroni’s instruction to accommodate him, while Benny’s colleague brought Oswald into the room.
• Oswald regretted telling Maroni about the code, but Qin Wei told him they should focus on saving themselves rather than worrying about Falcone.
• Oswald remembered Qin Wei’s previous lie to Falcone and wondered whether Qin Wei intended to abandon him and switch sides to Maroni.

Maroni held Qin Wei captive while arranging Falcone’s assassination, and Qin Wei told Falcone that Maroni posed no threat. After Royce spent three days anxiously waiting for his missing boss, an unseen attacker nearly killed him in his hallway.

• Maroni waited with Qin Wei and Oswald for Falcone’s deadline, planning to use the reception to assassinate him and later decide Qin Wei’s fate.
• Falcone called Qin Wei and asked whether Maroni intended to attack him; Qin Wei answered no while Maroni pointed a gun at him.
• Falcone confirmed he would attend the reception and warned Qin Wei that his killers would hunt him if anything happened to him.
• Maroni kept Qin Wei imprisoned to prevent him from leaking information, leaving Royce without contact from his boss for three days.
• Royce threw his ringing phone in frustration, then picked it up, narrowly avoiding an attacker who had withdrawn a bloodstained scalpel from behind his neck.

Royce caught Dick Grayson raiding his kitchen, fed him, and treated his infected wound while trying to recruit him. At a secret auction, Maroni secured the Robinson Park redevelopment rights, then blew up Falcone’s car and declared himself Gotham’s king.

• Dick Grayson abandoned his attempt to assassinate Royce and raided his kitchen for food.
• Royce caught Dick, tied him up, and offered him a place in his organization, but Dick refused to join The Roman.
• Royce treated Dick’s infected wound with Hydrogen Peroxide, causing him to pass out.
• Gotham’s wealthy factions divided municipal projects and leases at a secret auction; Falcone paid for the Miller Harbor black market lease, while Maroni took the Robinson Park redevelopment rights.
• Maroni watched Falcone’s car explode and declared himself the king of Gotham.

Qin Wei outmaneuvered Maroni and reassured Oswald that they had been allies all along, while Royce prepared to trade Dick for a chance to kill Maroni. The chapter ended with Qin Wei and Oswald returning to the Senate and reuniting with Royce.

• Maroni offered Qin Wei the right to run an Italian leather shoe company as a reward, while he focused on verifying Falcone's death.
• Qin Wei left Maroni's manor with Oswald and explained that his apparent betrayal had been part of a plan, though he had kept the code secret from Oswald.
• Royce stitched Dick's wound, then headed to the Senate intending to hand Dick over to Maroni if he could not find Qin Wei.
• Qin Wei and Oswald arrived at the Senate in a taxi and asked Royce to lend them money.

Qin Wei assigned Royce and Oswald tasks for recruiting and preparing a venue, then learned Dick was alive and arranged for Royce to care for him. The next morning, Selina angrily hung up on Qin Wei, who realized she was upset because she thought he had brought Oswald food in the hospital.

• Qin Wei told Royce to distribute recruitment flyers and asked Oswald to find a roofed workshop for training recruits.
• Qin Wei planned to obtain a detailed bank map and considered using Dick for the infiltration, but Royce revealed Dick was staying at his apartment.
• Oswald explained to Royce how Qin Wei had helped cause the Lower District commotion, and Royce agreed to keep caring for Dick while he recovered.
• Qin Wei called Selina to ask for help, but she angrily hung up after questioning whether he only contacted her when he needed something.
• Oswald said Gloria had told him Qin Wei brought him food in the hospital, and Qin Wei realized this was why Selina was angry.