Batman appears in Gotham planning on arriving at Lacey Towers.
He is delayed by a transmission from Anarky.
"Hello, Batman. I was hoping to get a minute of your time. See, I've got a story to tell you. About crime and violence. Greed and vengeance But it's also a story of redemption. Of second chances. Of change."
Batman continues looking at the live video of Anarky. He is still speaking.
"I've planted three bombs where Gotham's corruption is at its strongest. But unlike those I fight to overthrow, I believe in choice. So I offer you one: Let them detonate or stop them. Your actions will determine what I do with you."
Batman spots one of Anarky's followers nearby. He is an anarchist. Batman swiftly appears in front of the anarchist. The man isn't seeking to fight. He is here to deliver Batman a message regarding Anarky's first bomb. He says it will detonate in three minutes.
Batman leaves the follower, and glides across the city.
A minute has passed. Batman reached the location, discovering Anarky's followers are there guarding the first bomb, which is located on top of the bank.
Batman fights Anarky's followers, the anarchists. He floors an anarchist before twisting his hand, breaking it. He leaps across another anarchist. Going behind him, Batman swings his fist knocking that anarchist out of conscious. Another anarchist tries to harm Batman. Batman blocked his punch, and struck a blow to his face, making him lose conscious. Batman sees two anarchists rushing over to him. He picks both anarchists up and slams them on the ground, causing them to go senseless. The last anarchist attempted to sneak behind Batman. Once it was close, Batman struck the man's face without turning his face or his body.
Following the battle, Batman disables Anarky's first bomb.
Then Batman calls Alfred, "Alfred we've got a problem."
"So I saw. This Anarky fellow mentioned three bombs, which means two still remain.", Alfred said.
"I need to find them."
"I've no doubt you will, sir."
Batman moves to the next bomb, which is located in casino. Countdown has started as Batman glides to reach there. After arrival, Batman fights another group of anarchists. They responded with fighting the Dark Knight. Neither of the anarchists could hurt Batman. Batman used his speed, agility and strength to defeat all the anarchists.
When every anarchist has been defeated, Batman then deactivates the second bomb.
The last bomb is located in the police building.
There's one minute left before the bomb will detonate. When Batman shows up, he destroys all the anarchists with ease, causing them to be senseless. At last, Batman disables all three bombs with the last bomb deactivated.
After all three bombs are deactivated, Batman receives a call from Anarky.
"Interesting. Even after knowing all you did about the places I targeted, you spared them."
"Sorry to disappoint you.", Batman replied to Anarky.
"Disappoint me? Not at all! I've sent you my whereabouts, assuming you have a Scouter."
"Not unexpecting."
"Good. Then we shall meet so we can continue Gotham's trial."
The call ends though Batman finally knows where Anarky is. His cowl has a scouter setup. Using the scouter's function, he tracks Anarky down.
Eventually, Batman arrives at Anarky's location.
Back at the Batcave, Chronoa returns and watches Batman through live video, with Alfred standing next to him.
"Boba Fett is in Republic custody.", she said.
"And Master Bruce is dealing with another vigilante calling himself the Anarky.", Alfred said.
"Anarky? Not one of the 10 assassins hired by Black Mask?", Chronoa asked.
"No. His intentions are to destroy all of Gotham's sources of corruption.", Alfred replied.
They see Batman has defeated Anarky and his henchmen. Batman has unmasked Anarky. Chronoa and Alfred are shocked to discover this Anarky is a teenager.
"The level of corruption on Planet Vegeta is so extreme that it encourages young children to wear masks and inflict harm.", Chronoa remarked.
"Who do you think was the first person that inspired them to wear masks?", Alfred said rhetorically.
Batman can finally go to investigate the murder in Lacey Towers.
He first stops at one place to defeat two police officers in order to hack into their satellite. Bruce overhears two policemen are guarding Lacey Towers by the balcony. He also overhears that the police believed Jabba the Hutt had sent his personal bounty hunters to kill Black Mask.
Bruce inspects the balcony, and finds the two people guarding. He swiftly defeats them.
He eventually walks into Lacey Towers. Bruce shows up at the scene of the crime.
The police believe Jabba murdered Black Mask, but it makes it more confusing. If he is the killer, Jabba wouldn't send Batman to be here.
Using his technology, Batman investigates the crime scene. Each piece of evidence put together will show who really killed Black Mask and his girlfriend.
Batman deduces this crime took place days ago. Bruce finds a male victim is wearing a black mask but he can't identify him as the real Black Mask, Roman Sionis. He also finds the female victim, which Batman concludes she was not the target during the crime. Evidence seems to have been burned with a flamethrower. In regards to the male victim, the shallow trajectory of the laser suggests the shooter may be roughly the same height as Jabba's, but it seems impossible Jabba would do it. He'd ask his personal bounty hunters to do the job for him. Once Batman examines that, he realizes the shooter may have been leaning back in a chair. Regarding the female, she did have a laser shot at her chest. It was from something who's size appeared to match Jabba's, but Batman quickly discovered the shooter that fired lasers at Black Mask's girlfriend was lying on the ground. Batman finds out Jabba has been here, but only after the crime so it couldn't be him that killed Black Mask. The person who shot Black Mask's girlfriend has his body being dragged along the floor. Batman moves to where the person sat on the chair. He was attacked by someone from the balcony. The outfit the attacker from the balcony wore a white shirt, white pants and a white cape. There us one last clue Batman hasn't examined. Once he arrives there, he discovers this is where the female victim was attacked. Batman perceives the female victim was contacting Black Mask about someone named 'The Joker'.
After minutes of investigating, Batman concluded that the victim was not Black Mask and Penguin had visited the scene after the murder was committed. An unknown intruder had attacked the real murderer, and that murderer may have been a new criminal known as "The Joker". Batman's only questions are who is the Joker, was the Joker the killer here, or was he one of the assassins. Batman needs to identify who was in the room. For that he would need to access the National Criminal Database.
"Chronoa, I need access to the National Criminal Database.", Batman contacted his allies in the Batcave.
"Well, the only way to do that would be to infiltrate the GCPD Headquarters.", Alfred said.
"Then that's where we're going.", said Batman.
"Um, Master Bruce would like you-"
"I heard him, Alfred.", Chronoa said.
Batman glides all the way to arrive on top of GCPD building. He turns once he sees Chronoa appearing before him. "You knew I was coming here.", Batman said.
"You knew I wouldn't decline.", Chronoa said.
Batman is slightly amused. "Shall we?", he said, extending his hand to Chronoa.
Chronoa takes Bruce's hand as they teleport inside the GCPD building, inside the server room. Batman accesses National Criminal Database.
"Got what you need?", Chronoa asked.
"Yes.", Batman said before explaining to Chronoa what he deduced in the crime in Lacey Towers. The man who is lying on the floor dead in Lacey Tower was actually a body double as a decoy, he is not the real Black Mask. The real Black Mask is still alive. This Joker wanted to use Black Mask's data to access the bank that Black Mask owns and can be accessed by only him. Which is why the Joker captured him.
"For what reason would he need Black Mask's credits for?", Chronoa asked.
"One guess is something worse which is why we need to head to the bank fast.", Batman said. He then contacts Alfred, "Alfred. See if you can find any information on someone named 'the Joker'."
"Searching now, sir.", Alfred replied. Seconds later, Alfred said, "There doesn't seem to be anything coming up. What do you know about him?"
"Not much. But he's taken Black Mask hostage."
"Hostage? So Sionis isn't dead?", Alfred said.
"I don't think so. From what I can tell, he's worth more to the Joker alive. The Joker wants to use him to break into the bank. I'm on my way there now."
"No one's going anywhere!"
Chronoa and Batman turned to find several policemen wearing masks and are dancing & singing. The wife and husband exchange glances wondering why they are acting like this. The words they sing imply an invitation from their boss they say 'the Hatter'.
Suddenly, Chronoa and Batman hear a transmission.
"Greetings and salutations, Batman. I am Jervis Tetch, an inventor, entrepreneur, and an associator of your biggest hater, King Vegeta. You must be wondering why these policemen are acting different. They are under my control as I had intended to get your attention."
"You have my attention.", Batman reassured him.
"Good because I have an employment opportunity I'd like to discuss with you."
Unexpectedly, a girl's voice is heard pleading for help until she is silenced.
"Oh. Don't mind Alice, poor dear. Her mind is all a flutter. And who can blame her, after all she's been through... But I'll have her be perfectly fit and well. Don't you worry about that."
"What have you done with the girl?", Batman asked.
"Demanding me? After giving you the opportunity to be employed? I am very disappointed with you, Batman.", Jervis Tetch said. "For that, you will be punished.".
Batman and Chronoa perceive the policemen showing signs of mutation. They instantly knew what it was. "They're changing.", they both said.
Chronoa teleports Bruce out of GCPD Building.
Outside, Batman and Chronoa see the GCPD building collapsing as beasts rise with brown fur.
"They've transformed into something I wished would never occur in this planet. They've become Oozarus.", Batman said. Everyone in Planet Vegeta is a Saiyan that are born with tails. There are thousands living here. This could destroy this planet.
A/N: In the next chapter, Batman will be facing Oozarus.
