Chapter Summaries

Maroni punished Paul for betraying him and ordered a corpse delivered to Harvey Dent, while Qin Wei agreed to meet the new prosecutor despite sensing a life-or-death decision. As Qin Wei spoke with Harvey at the police station, Oswald was approached by Harvey outside the Senate.

• Maroni tortured Paul, then ordered his body delivered to Harvey Dent before deciding his bodyguard's face was perfect for the plan.
• Selina asked Qin Wei about the bat-shaped aircraft that had rescued them, and Gordon later invited Qin Wei to meet Harvey Dent.
• Qin Wei sensed the meeting was a dangerous turning point, agreed to attend, and disguised himself before meeting Harvey at the police station.
• Oswald struggled to recruit gang members and waited for Qin Wei, then was shocked when a disguised visitor revealed himself as Harvey Dent.

Charlie, acting on Maroni’s orders, impersonated Harvey Dent to pressure Oswald into cooperating against Maroni. Qin Wei realized the visitor was an impostor and pursued him, recognizing how closely he resembled Harvey.

• Oswald questioned the supposed Harvey Dent about his motives, while Charlie recalled how Maroni had recruited him to impersonate the prosecutor.
• Charlie threatened to end their cooperation unless Oswald became a cooperating witness, and Oswald stopped him by offering to tell a story.
• Qin Wei returned late at night and noticed a man in a top hat leaving Oswald’s room.
• Oswald told Qin Wei that Harvey Dent had visited, and Qin Wei deduced that the departing man was an impostor.
• Qin Wei called after the fake Harvey and reached the door, where he saw the man’s uncanny resemblance to Harvey Dent.

Qin Wei lured Charlie back into the lair, where he and Oswald killed the man posing as Harvey Dent. After finding a recording device that could expose them to Maroni, Qin Wei called the real Harvey to recruit him for a dangerous plan.

• Qin Wei tempted Charlie with supposed evidence of Maroni’s crimes, and Charlie turned back to follow him inside.
• Charlie realized Qin Wei was stalling and tried to flee, but Qin Wei tackled him down the stairs and shouted for help.
• Oswald arrived and beat Charlie to death, then learned from Qin Wei that the dead man was a fake Harvey Dent sent by Maroni.
• Qin Wei found a still-recording voice recorder on Charlie, which threatened to reveal their involvement in the killing.
• Qin Wei proposed finding the real Harvey and called him, while Harvey asked whether Qin Wei had news or was in trouble.

Harvey Dent joined Qin Wei and Oswald’s scheme against Maroni, impersonating a dead man to visit the crime bosses. After leaving the Senate, Harvey chose to take a greater risk by approaching Maroni’s trusted associate Dodge Bourbon.

• Harvey Dent drove to the Senate, where Qin Wei and Oswald had killed a man and were hiding his body.
• Harvey changed into the dead man’s clothes and texted Maroni that Oswald and Qin Wei were uncertain about joining Falcone.
• Qin Wei and Oswald trusted Harvey’s plan, then sent him to visit another boss while they hid the corpse in a trunk.
• Harvey decided to visit Dodge Bourbon instead of Royce, despite the risk that Maroni’s trusted man might attack him.
• Harvey flipped his silver coin and accepted the result as his choice.

Harvey Dent confronted Dodge at his estate and demanded evidence of Maroni’s crimes, but Dodge refused and sent him away. After Harvey and Qin Wei disposed of a corpse in the Gotham River, Qin Wei wondered whether he could change Harvey’s future and make him Gotham’s savior.

• Harvey visited Dodge’s estate, where Dodge tried to bribe him with cash and drugs and then threatened him with a gold revolver.
• Harvey told Dodge he wanted evidence of Maroni’s crimes and warned that killing him would cost Dodge his fortune, but Dodge refused to cooperate and ordered him to leave.
• Harvey composed a report accusing Dodge of betrayal and threw his phone into a vineyard, intending it to trigger Maroni’s reckoning with Dodge.
• Harvey returned clothes to a corpse at the Senate, then he and Qin Wei drove to the outskirts and dumped the body bag into the Gotham River.
• Qin Wei wondered whether he could prevent Maroni from disfiguring Harvey and change the story, while Harvey looked back at him beneath the divided moonlight.

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.