Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan defeated Misaka Mikoto, and she agreed to go on a date with him before fainting from embarrassment. At Academy City’s Board of Directors building, Aleister Crowley identified Chen Fan’s eye as the eye of a god.

• Chen Fan flicked Misaka Mikoto’s forehead and told her she had lost their contest.
• Chen Fan reminded Misaka Mikoto of their bet, and she agreed to go on a date with him.
• Chen Fan set their meeting for nine on Saturday morning in front of the vending machine, and Misaka Mikoto fainted from embarrassment.
• Aleister Crowley and Tsuchimikado Motoharu reviewed footage of Chen Fan’s battle with Misaka Mikoto.
• Aleister Crowley told Tsuchimikado Motoharu that Chen Fan’s eye was the eye of a god.

Aleister Crowley and Tsuchimikado Motoharu discussed Chen Fan’s divine-looking eyes, immense power, and unknown origins after he broke through Academy City’s barrier. Back at the dormitory, Chen Fan talked with Kamijou Touma while Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko spent the night at Tokiwadai.

• Aleister Crowley told Tsuchimikado Motoharu that Chen Fan might be a god’s descendant, a god, or a human hosting a god’s power, and noted that he had broken through Academy City’s barrier.
• Tsuchimikado Motoharu learned that Chen Fan also possessed an esper ability of unknown level and asked about his mission.
• Chen Fan returned to the dormitory, reassured Kamijou Touma, and reflected on how he had evaded and secretly neutralized Misaka Mikoto’s attacks during their outing.
• Misaka Mikoto blushed as she thought about her promised date with Chen Fan, while Shirai Kuroko pounced on her and was shocked.
• The Dorm Supervisor threatened to deduct credits for the noise, so Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko stopped.

Chen Fan spent the week attending school and then skipped Teacher Komoe’s remedial class to meet Misaka Mikoto. Their planned date became a group outing when Shirai Kuroko and two other girls joined them.

• Misaka Mikoto agreed to go shopping with Shirai Kuroko and Uiharu on Saturday.
• Chen Fan attended school and patiently studied during Superpower Development Class.
• Teacher Komoe called Chen Fan to remind him about remedial class, but he declined and hung up.
• Chen Fan went to the vending machines to meet Misaka Mikoto and found three other girls with her.
• Shirai Kuroko appeared beside Misaka Mikoto, interrogated Chen Fan about their relationship, and warned him to stay away from Onee-sama.

Chen Fan went on a crowded outing with Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko, Uiharu Kasumi, and Saten Ruiko, while the girls questioned his relationship with Mikoto. An explosion interrupted their rest stop, and Chen Fan used his power to stop a sightseeing bus full of kindergarten students from overturning.

• Uiharu Kasumi asked Chen Fan how he had met Misaka Mikoto, and he said Mikoto had saved him from delinquents and helped him afterward.
• Chen Fan called Misaka Mikoto by her first name, embarrassing her and infuriating Shirai Kuroko.
• Saten Ruiko asked what Chen Fan's relationship with Mikoto was, but Mikoto interrupted him before he could answer.
• Shirai Kuroko warned Chen Fan to stay away from Mikoto and tried to teleport him, but an explosion suddenly rang out.
• Chen Fan revealed his Rinnegan and used his esper ability to restrain a sightseeing bus that was about to overturn, protecting the kindergarten students inside.

Chen Fan and the others stopped a bank robbery while protecting a group of kindergarten students. The robbers fled after Chen Fan saved Saten Ruiko from gunfire, while Shirai Kuroko and Misaka Mikoto dealt with the criminals.

• Chen Fan steadied the tilted sightseeing bus, and the kindergarten students safely evacuated.
• Shirai Kuroko identified herself as a Disciplinary Committee member and confronted the three robbers, while Misaka Mikoto chased the two who fled.
• One robber grabbed a child and another took Saten Ruiko hostage, forcing Misaka Mikoto to hold back.
• Chen Fan appeared beside the robber, pulled Saten Ruiko to safety, and stopped a burst of bullets with his esper power.
• The terrified robber dropped his gun, escaped in a car, and sped away.

Chen Fan stopped the robbers’ car, helped Misaka Mikoto and Kuroko rescue the hostage, and crushed the vehicle to incapacitate the robbers. After Saten Ruiko received the teacher’s thanks, the group returned to the table, where everyone wondered about Chen Fan’s powers and Misaka Mikoto reflected on his many mysteries.

• Saten Ruiko urged Chen Fan to save the child trapped in the robbers’ car, and he stepped into the road as the car charged at him.
• Chen Fan stopped the car with one hand, and Kuroko teleported into it to rescue the child while Misaka Mikoto waited nearby.
• Chen Fan crushed the car and knocked out the robbers, prompting the children to cheer for him.
• Chen Fan credited Saten Ruiko for her courage, and the teacher thanked her for helping the child.
• Public Security arrived, and the group returned to the table as Misaka Mikoto wondered about Chen Fan’s unexplained powers.

Chen Fan told Misaka Mikoto and the others that his ability was Vector Manipulation, prompting them to wonder how powerful he was. He clarified that he was not Accelerator, and the chapter ended with him explaining that his apparent teleportation was actually Taijutsu.

• Chen Fan described how he had met Misaka Mikoto, leaving out details that could hurt his image.
• Saten Ruiko asked about Chen Fan's ability, and he revealed that he used Vector Manipulation.
• Uiharu Kasumi wondered if Chen Fan was Accelerator, but Misaka Mikoto said she had seen Accelerator and that he was someone else.
• Misaka Mikoto asked Chen Fan to identify his esper level, and he said he did not know how levels were calculated but believed his level was high.
• Saten Ruiko asked if Chen Fan had used Spatial Teleportation, and he explained that he had moved using Taijutsu and strong physical abilities.

After shopping with Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko, Uiharu Kasumi, and Saten Ruiko, Chen Fan entered his dormitory and found a barrier around it. He broke through and found Kamijou Touma fighting Stiyl Magnus, with the badly injured Index lying nearby.

• Chen Fan went shopping with Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko, Uiharu Kasumi, and Saten Ruiko, and he exchanged phone numbers with Saten Ruiko.
• Misaka Mikoto exchanged phone numbers with Chen Fan, Uiharu Kasumi, and Saten Ruiko, then shocked Shirai Kuroko after discovering she had deleted other contacts from her phone.
• Chen Fan reached his dormitory and used his Twelve-Hook Jade Rinnegan to see and break through the barrier surrounding it.
• Chen Fan found Kamijou Touma fighting Stiyl Magnus and saw the injured Index lying in the corridor.
• Kamijou Touma urged Chen Fan to take Index away, while Stiyl Magnus reacted with surprise at Chen Fan's arrival.

Chen Fan confronted Stiyl Magnus and the Witch-Hunting King while Kamijou Touma carried the wounded Index to safety. He revealed his Rinnegan to examine the magic, leaving Stiyl shaken as Chen Fan began studying the runes that formed the Flame Giant.

• Chen Fan dismissed Stiyl Magnus's barrier and told Kamijou Touma to take Index away while he handled the magician.
• Kamijou Touma agreed and carried Index out of the dormitory as Stiyl ordered the Witch-Hunting King to attack.
• Chen Fan blocked the Flame Giant's strike and kicked it back, stunning Stiyl.
• Chen Fan removed his eyepatch and used his Twelve-Hook Jade Rinnegan to see the runes and rules making up the Witch-Hunting King.
• Stiyl trembled under Chen Fan's gaze as Chen began analyzing the magic behind the Flame Giant.

Chen Fan defeated Stiyl Magnus and his Witch-Hunting King spell, then told Stiyl to stop attacking Kamijou Touma. He left as firefighters arrived, leaving Stiyl shaken by the defeat.

• Stiyl Magnus gave Chen Fan his magic name and summoned the Witch-Hunting King to attack him.
• Chen Fan disrupted the spell’s runes, destroyed the Witch-Hunting King, and explained that his ability let him understand magic rather than erase it.
• Stiyl revived the Witch-Hunting King through paper talismans and made it self-destruct, but Chen Fan appeared unharmed behind him.
• Stiyl attacked Chen Fan with a flaming sword, which shattered without injuring him, and realized Chen Fan had held back.
• Chen Fan told Stiyl to leave Kamijou Touma alone, then departed as firefighters arrived.

Chen Fan and Kamijou Touma went to Teacher Komoe’s home after the fire, while Stiyl Magnus and Kanzaki Kaori discussed their failed mission to erase Index’s memories. Index woke safely and thanked Chen Fan and Touma, leaving them together at Komoe’s home.

• Kamijou Touma returned to the dormitory, and Chen Fan reassured him that Stiyl Magnus had not hurt him.
• Chen Fan and Kamijou headed to Teacher Komoe’s home after learning that Index was recovering there.
• Stiyl Magnus told Kanzaki Kaori that Kamijou’s right hand could erase magic and that Chen Fan’s eye held terrifying power.
• The fire at the dormitory was brought under control without casualties, and Chen Fan arrived at Komoe’s home with Kamijou.
• Chen Fan picked up Tsukuyomi Komoe while Kamijou went to check on Index.
• Index woke, told Kamijou she was fine, and thanked him and Chen Fan for helping her.

Chen Fan stayed at Tsukuyomi Komoe’s home after claiming his dorm was unlivable, and the night passed peacefully. The next day, Komoe gave Chen Fan and Kamijou Touma a remedial lesson before Index woke and introduced herself to Chen Fan.

• Chen Fan reassured Tsukuyomi Komoe about the trouble at his doorstep, then persuaded her to let him stay at her home because his dorm was unlivable.
• Chen Fan spent the night at Komoe’s home, and Magician did not appear.
• Komoe explained esper abilities to Chen Fan and Kamijou Touma during a remedial lesson.
• Index woke after recovering from blood loss and introduced herself to Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan told Index he had rescued her because he could not abandon an injured, beautiful girl, making Kamijou Touma uncomfortable.

Chen Fan learned about magic and grimoires from Index while Stiyl and Kanzaki investigated him and his connection to a mysterious arrival in Academy City. That night, Kanzaki confronted Chen Fan in a deserted district to hold him back while Stiyl went after Kamijou Touma.

• Index blushed at Chen Fan's compliment and explained magic, grimoires, and the conflict between magic and esper abilities.
• Stiyl watched Chen Fan and Index from a rooftop as Kansai Kazari reported that Chen Fan had no records before transferring to the school three days earlier.
• Kansai Kazari recalled that the bishops had ordered them to find a mysterious object that had descended into Academy City three days ago, and she and Stiyl questioned whether Chen Fan was connected to it.
• Chen Fan encountered Kansai Kazari in a deserted district and recognized the Bystander-Repelling Rune from the previous night.
• Kansai Kazari told Chen Fan she would hold him back while Stiyl dealt with Kamijou Touma, and Chen Fan reflected on the rules of magic and the flaws in his Divine Kingdom.

Chen Fan tried to reach Komoe's home and save the child after telling Kanzaki Kazari that the church had deceived her about the danger of the child's memories. Kanzaki refused to let him pass and attacked, but Chen Fan easily redirected her first strike before she launched Seven Flashes again.

• Chen Fan asked Kanzaki Kazari why she was trying to take the child away, and Kanzaki explained that the church had ordered the child's memories erased every two years because she had memorized 103,000 Grimoires.
• Chen Fan told Kanzaki that the church's claims about the child's brain were false and that her memories would not overload it.
• Kanzaki blocked Chen Fan's path, insisting she would not risk the child's life, but Chen Fan continued toward Komoe's home.
• Kanzaki drew her sword and warned Chen Fan before using Seven Flashes, but Chen Fan redirected one of her steel wires with a flick of his finger.
• Kanzaki attacked again with Seven Flashes, tearing up the ground as the supernatural clash began.

Chen Fan's Vector Manipulation overwhelmed Kanzaki's attacks, and Aleister recognized the power of his ability. Academy City listed Chen Fan as its eighth Level 5 esper, leaving the city in an uproar.

• Kanzaki repeatedly attacked Chen Fan with Seven Flashes, but her strikes could not harm him.
• Kanzaki unleashed a full-power Seven Flashes steel-wire net, and Chen Fan dispersed it with a stomp that shattered the surrounding ground and glass.
• Aleister detected Chen Fan's Level 5 AIM Field fluctuations and considered the implications of his Vector Manipulation.
• Academy City's network listed Chen Fan as a Level 5 esper, sparking citywide excitement and confusion over his identity.

Chen Fan stopped Kanzaki and Stiyl from erasing Index’s memories, promising he could treat her before midnight. He examined Index and prepared to use the mysterious power in his right eye, having realized that her suffering came from her mind rather than her body.

• Chen Fan stopped Kanzaki from drawing Seven Days Seven Swords and persuaded her to let him try to save Index.
• Kanzaki and Chen Fan returned to find Kamijou Touma facing Stiyl, and Kanzaki convinced Stiyl to give Chen Fan a chance until midnight.
• Chen Fan told Kamijou Touma that the memory-erasure theory was false and that copying memories would not harm a healthy brain.
• Chen Fan examined Index and found that her body was unharmed but her mind had been locked away, causing her pain.
• Chen Fan removed the eyepatch over his right eye and slowly opened it in front of Kamijou Touma.

Chen Fan discovered that the Church had placed a Collar on Index to protect the 103,000 Grimoires, causing her suffering and forcing her friends to erase her memories. With Index nearing the deadline, Chen Fan said he could save her without erasing her memories and promised there was a simple way.

• Chen Fan used his Twelve Tomoe Rinnegan to examine Index and found a complex spell formula linked to her nerves.
• Chen Fan revealed the Collar inside Index’s mouth, and Stiyl realized the Church of England’s Necessary Evil Church had imposed it.
• Stiyl grew angry at the Church for making Index suffer and forcing her friends to erase her memories, while Kansai Kazari urged him to wait before confronting the Bishop.
• Index’s condition worsened, and Kamijou Touma asked Chen Fan how to save her without erasing her memories.
• Chen Fan said he could not safely unravel the Collar in time, but stopped Stiyl from using the golden cross and promised there was a simple alternative.

Chen Fan explained that Kamijou Touma could erase Index’s collar with his right hand, but breaking its barriers activated a powerful defensive spell. The chapter left Chen Fan deflecting Index’s attack while analyzing the magic’s rules.

• Chen Fan told Kamijou Touma that his right hand could erase Index’s collar without harming her brain, and Kamijou used it to destroy the rune in her mouth.
• Index’s collar barriers broke, triggering a spell that protected her and attacked intruders; the spell identified Chen Fan as its highest-priority target.
• Chen Fan told Kamijou Touma, Kansai Kazari, and Stiyl to stay out of his way as Index fired a blue-white laser at him.
• Chen Fan used his Twelve-Hook Jade Rinnegan to analyze the spell and redirected its energy with his palm.

Chen Fan deflected Index’s Dragon King’s Sigh and protected Kanzaki Kazari, Stiyl, and Kamijou Touma as Index’s magic shifted to Angel Halo. He began redirecting the destructive spell while continuing to calculate how to break the spatial barrier around Index.

• Chen Fan’s miscalculated spell blasted through the apartment and destroyed a nearby building, so he decided to increase his computational capacity.
• Index activated Dragon King’s Sigh, and Chen Fan refracted the attack into the sky, where it destroyed a passing satellite.
• Kanzaki Kazari and Stiyl joined the fight, and Index’s spell targeted all four intruders while Chen Fan calculated the attack and Index’s barrier at once.
• Index switched to Angel Halo, and Chen Fan moved in front of Kanzaki Kazari, Stiyl, and Kamijou Touma to protect them.
• Chen Fan used Reflection and the Twelve-Hook Jade Rinnegan to redirect part of Angel Halo while continuing to calculate Index’s spatial barrier.

Chen Fan stopped Index’s spell and saved her and Kanzaki, then left the ruined apartment with Kanzaki. He asked Kanzaki to be his girlfriend before deciding they should be friends, and Stiyl called out to them.

• Chen Fan diverted a node in Index’s spell, destroying her spatial barrier and causing her to collapse unconscious after her collar suffered fatal damage.
• Kanzaki, Stiyl, and Kamijou Touma checked on Index, and Kanzaki and Stiyl thanked Chen Fan for saving her and them.
• Chen Fan left the wrecked apartment, and Kanzaki followed to thank him and apologize for their earlier actions.
• Chen Fan told Kanzaki he had considered asking her to be his girlfriend, then introduced himself and offered to be friends.
• Chen Fan quietly asked Kanzaki whether she would have accepted his request, and Stiyl called out to her.