Touma: I don't believe a word you say! / Short-Haired Mikoto: I've never cheated!

"But I'm definitely buying every single one of Onee-sama's records! Three copies each—one for collecting, one for personal use, and one for missionary work!"

Kuroko really had a knack for managing her emotions. She immediately perked right back up.

[If she really uses them for missionary work, it's over.]

[Is it really that exaggerated?]

[Put it this way: the magic in A Certain Magical Index is different from the "magic skills" in other series. It's closer to magic in the traditional sense. As long as something carries symbolic meaning, it can itself bring about certain changes.]

[Mainly because the Magic Gods messed this world up so badly. Originally, the world of A Certain Magical Index only had physical laws.]

[I'm sure something will go wrong when this diva debuts.]

[Can that immortal girl be killed by Mikoto?]

[What a shame, but if Mikoto kills her, even her soul will probably be gone.]

[Seriously, isn't tomorrow a little too soon?]

[That's just how the world of A Certain Magical Index is. The timeline is very tight.]

[Every character is rushing off to another set, lol.]

After that, the scene smoothly shifted to somewhere else.

The bandaged freak, Stiyl, finally found Kamijou Touma.

It was absurd, but on this timeline, Stiyl had never known Kamijou Touma before. Mikoto had gotten to him first.

So this was truly their "first meeting."

Touma: I Don't Believe a Word You Say!

"Kamijou Touma."

"Who the hell are you?"

Kamijou Touma shielded Index behind him and stared at the suspicious bandaged freak before him.

"Stiyl Magnus, a member of the Church of Necessary Evil... You understand now, right?" Stiyl said.

"Huh? You're Stiyl?"

Touma was dumbfounded.

He knew Stiyl.

But... the Stiyl he knew was far too different from the bandaged freak standing in