Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan rebuffed Shokuhou Misaki’s attempt to manipulate him, but she used their public closeness to borrow his influence at the Daihasei Festival. In London, Laura Stuart watched Chen Fan’s broadcast while speaking with Aleister Crowley, and wondered about the eye beneath his eyepatch.

• Chen Fan warned Shokuhou Misaki not to target people he knew and flicked her forehead after sensing her scheming thoughts.
• Shokuhou Misaki followed Chen Fan to the podium and held his arm in front of the festival crowd and cameras to protect herself with his reputation.
• Chen Fan and Shokuhou Misaki went onstage to take the athletes’ oath after the principal finished his speech.
• Laura Stuart watched Chen Fan’s live broadcast from London while video-calling Aleister Crowley.
• Laura Stuart remarked that Chen Fan looked ordinary aside from being handsome and wondered what his hidden eye looked like.

Aleister and Laura Stuart discussed the danger of a Roman Orthodox Church transaction involving a powerful sword, while the Daihasei Festival began. Chen Fan returned to his class with Shokuhou Misaki, who teased him about his relationship with Misaka Mikoto, as the class prepared for its first event.

• Laura Stuart told Aleister that Orianna Thomson was carrying the Dragon-Piercing, Ground-Nailing Sword for Lidovya Lorenjeti, and that the deal could trigger a war.
• Aleister agreed that the sword should be destroyed, and Laura Stuart ended their call to watch the Daihasei Festival.
• Chen Fan returned from the exhibition area with Shokuhou Misaki following him instead of competing.
• Shokuhou Misaki questioned Chen Fan about his relationship with Misaka Mikoto, and he said they were friends.
• Chen Fan brought Shokuhou Misaki to his class as the students prepared for a competition requiring everyone to participate.

Chen Fan and his classmates prepared for their competition after the opposing homeroom teacher insulted Tsukuyomi Komoe and their school. Chen Fan retaliated by making a pebble strike the teacher, while Shokuhou Misaki accidentally drew the man's suspicion.

• Shokuhou Misaki introduced herself to Chen Fan's classmates as his fan and received their greetings.
• Chen Fan found Tsukuyomi Komoe being mocked by the opposing homeroom teacher and told his class to show what they could do on the field.
• Chen Fan stroked Tsukuyomi Komoe's hair and promised the opposing teacher he would return his words on the field.
• The opposing teacher insulted Chen Fan's manners and left, prompting Chen Fan's classmates to fear his angry smile.
• Chen Fan flicked a pebble into the air, and it struck the opposing teacher on the head.
• Shokuhou Misaki giggled at the teacher's pain, drawing his suspicious gaze toward Chen Fan's group.

Chen Fan and his classmates prepared for the Pole Toppling contest while Misaka Mikoto, Shokuhou Misaki, Saten Ruiko, and Uiharu Kasumi gathered to watch. The contest began with Chen Fan staying behind to guard his team's pole as his classmates charged the opposing side.

• Chen Fan led Nameless High School toward the arena and urged his class to make an impression.
• Misaka Mikoto found Shokuhou Misaki in the stands, where Shokuhou said she had come to cheer for Chen Fan.
• Saten Ruiko and Uiharu Kasumi joined Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki in the stands.
• Chen Fan's classmates decided he should guard their pole while they attacked the opposing team's pole.
• The male teacher Chen Fan had struck with a stone told his class to target Chen Fan, and Chen Fan promised to mess with him later.
• The starting gun sounded, and Chen Fan's classmates charged toward the opposing pole.

Chen Fan's class defeated an elite school in a flagpole competition after Chen Fan reflected its fireball attacks back at the opposing teacher. The class returned victorious, and its school celebrated the win.

• Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki ended their argument to watch the competition as the weaker school sent nearly everyone to attack.
• The elite school's students targeted Chen Fan's flagpole with fireballs, but Chen Fan redirected the attacks toward their teacher.
• A student revealed that Chen Fan was Academy City's Number One ability user, then led the class in an assault on the opposing flagpole.
• Chen Fan's class toppled the elite school's flagpole and won as Teacher Komoe celebrated.
• Shokuhou Misaki recognized that Chen Fan could reflect attacks and control where they went.

After Chen Fan won his match, Fukiyose Seiri hurried him to the Men's Obstacle Race while Shokuhou Misaki left in frustration. As the race began, the male contestants targeted Chen Fan, and he activated his esper ability.

• Misaka Mikoto left to compete in her remaining events after watching Chen Fan's match.
• Tsukuyomi Komoe congratulated Chen Fan and his classmates, who complained that they were exhausted and wanted Chen Fan to handle the next event alone.
• Shokuhou Misaki brought Chen Fan water, but Fukiyose Seiri took him away for his next event and told Shokuhou Misaki to leave.
• Chen Fan teased Fukiyose Seiri with a compliment, making her blush as she escorted him to the Men's Obstacle Race.
• The male contestants agreed to eliminate Chen Fan, and when the starting gun fired, Chen Fan stamped his foot and activated his esper ability.

Chen Fan finished the school event in seconds, then returned to the competition with Fukiyose Seiri and watched Himegami Akisa compete. Meanwhile, Stiyl and Tsuchimikado Motoharu discussed magicians operating in Academy City, but Chen Fan was unavailable to intervene because of his packed competition schedule.

• Chen Fan shattered the ground, rushed past the staff, completed a lap, and carried the banner back to Fukiyose Seiri before the other contestants started.
• Fukiyose Seiri threatened to add more events, and Chen Fan pleaded with her to stop after grabbing her hand.
• Fukiyose Seiri told Teacher Komoe and their classmates that Chen Fan had finished the fifteen-minute event in seconds.
• Chen Fan learned that Kamijou Touma had gone to buy food with Index and a little girl, then watched Himegami Akisa compete.
• Stiyl met Tsuchimikado Motoharu and explained that magicians had been appearing in Academy City on orders from the Supreme Bishop.
• Tsuchimikado Motoharu said Chen Fan could not help because he was occupied with the school competition.

Chen Fan continued dominating the school competition, drawing resentment from rival students as he and Himegami Akisa entered the three-legged race. After other contestants tried to block his path, Chen Fan moved to stop one of them and insisted he would take first place.

• Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Stiyl discussed finding Oriana Thomson, while Kamijou Touma arrived and agreed that they could not stop Chen Fan from competing.
• Chen Fan won many events, earning cheers and admiration while students from other schools united against him and failed to challenge him.
• Chen Fan and Himegami Akisa prepared for the three-legged race after Fukiyose Seiri left to report the scores.
• At the start, Chen Fan shook the ground twice, causing the contestants who had jumped to dodge his first move to fall.
• An Aerokinetic contestant blocked Chen Fan and Himegami Akisa, letting rivals run ahead, but Chen Fan confronted one of them and prepared to stop him.

Chen Fan and Himegami Akisa won the three-legged race, giving Himegami her first first-place finish and drawing cheers after she smiled. As the class prepared for another event, Oriana Thomson passed the venue unnoticed while planning to return that night for a larger festival.

• Chen Fan reflected the competitors’ attacks and crossed the finish line with Himegami Akisa to win the three-legged race.
• Himegami Akisa hugged Chen Fan and smiled, and the crowd cheered as the big screen showed her reaction.
• Oriana Thomson passed outside the venue carrying a wrapped prop and said she planned to return that night to hold a grander festival.
• Fukiyose Seiri congratulated Chen Fan and Himegami Akisa, and Teacher Komoe announced the class-wide event.
• Chen Fan told his classmates he would not attack unless provoked, so their victory would depend on their own efforts, and he encouraged them to perform for the cameras.

Chen Fan's class won the Rolling Giant Ball event, and he later surprised Fukiyose Seiri while she was changing in the classroom. After teasing her and restraining her when she attacked him, Chen Fan kissed her, and she fled in embarrassment.

• Chen Fan's class intimidated the opposing team and won the Rolling Giant Ball competition without him participating.
• Chen Fan searched for Last Order during the lunch break, then returned to the classroom to retrieve his phone.
• Chen Fan walked in on Fukiyose Seiri changing and kept staring after she asked whether he liked what he saw.
• Fukiyose Seiri attacked Chen Fan, but he caught her arms and leg and teased her.
• Chen Fan kissed Fukiyose Seiri, and she pushed him away and hurried out of the classroom.

Chen Fan tried to contact Index and Kamijou Touma, then met Misaka Mikoto for lunch after they both finished their matches. Misaka thanked him for destroying the Tree Diagram Designer’s remains, and Chen Fan learned Fukiyose was handling his afternoon schedule.

• Chen Fan found Index’s phone switched off, while Kamijou Touma crushed his phone during a chase after Oriana Thomson and missed Chen Fan’s call.
• Chen Fan left school and met Misaka Mikoto, who said her class had also won all its matches.
• Chen Fan invited Misaka Mikoto to lunch and said he was out of money, so she offered to pay.
• Chen Fan promised to treat Misaka Mikoto to a movie once his prize money arrived, and they found seats at a crowded restaurant.
• Misaka Mikoto thanked Chen Fan for destroying the Tree Diagram Designer’s remains and asked whether he was going to scold her; he said he would let the matter go.
• Chen Fan told Misaka Mikoto that Fukiyose was handling his afternoon schedule.

Chen Fan left Misaka Mikoto to meet Fukiyose Seiri and prepare for his afternoon Daihasei Festival events. He learned that his classmates had left him to handle the competitions, leaving him alone with Fukiyose.

• Fukiyose Seiri called Chen Fan and ordered him to hurry to the competition venue.
• Misaka Mikoto urged Chen Fan to leave for his events and said she would compete against him if they faced each other in a Red and White Match.
• Chen Fan left Misaka Mikoto and went to meet Fukiyose Seiri.
• Fukiyose Seiri listed Chen Fan’s afternoon events: tug-of-war, three men's events, a marathon, and a ten-kilometer race.
• Chen Fan discovered his classmates had gone to watch other competitions and asked Fukiyose Seiri if they would be alone together.

Chen Fan learned that the Daihasei Festival had arranged a one-versus-ten-thousand tug-of-war match against him for publicity. Before entering the arena, he asked Fukiyose Seiri to kiss him if he won, then walked out determined to compete.

• Fukiyose Seiri scolded Chen Fan for kissing her, while he told her he genuinely liked her and asked for a chance.
• Fukiyose Seiri pushed Chen Fan into the arena, where he found himself alone against a huge Red Team.
• Fukiyose Seiri explained that the school principal and festival planners had designed the match to draw attention to Academy City.
• Chen Fan saw the packed stands and his friends cheering, then asked Fukiyose Seiri for a kiss if he won.
• Fukiyose Seiri agreed on the condition that he win, and Chen Fan walked to the center of the arena, promising he would not lose.

Chen Fan faced ten thousand elite espers in a match whose rules turned tug-of-war into a battle, and he overwhelmed them with his strength and vector manipulation. The chapter ended with the opposing team coordinating a defense against his reflected attacks.

• The organizers announced that either side would lose if anyone crossed into the opponent’s area, while allowing espers to attack.
• Chen Fan stomped the ground and knocked the ten thousand opponents down, crushing their morale.
• The temporary commander ordered a volley of attacks, but Chen Fan stood unharmed after they exploded around him.
• Chen Fan reflected a second wave of attacks back at the opposing team.
• The commander called for a defense, and the ten thousand espers formed a barrier that absorbed the reflected attacks.

Chen Fan broke through the opposing team’s coordinated defenses and eliminated their commander, leaving the remaining contestants in disarray. He continued attacking as the battle became chaotic.

• The commander’s team combined their abilities into powerful attacks, but Chen Fan countered them, and they held behind layered defenses.
• The commander taunted Chen Fan and ordered everyone to take defensive positions, prompting Chen Fan to fly toward them using spinning whirlwinds for thrust.
• Chen Fan shattered their reinforced iron wall with one punch and reflected a barrage of abilities back at the contestants.
• Chen Fan grabbed several contestants, including the commander, and threw them across the line into his area, disqualifying them.
• Without their commander, the remaining contestants lost their coordination as Chen Fan charged through their ranks.

Chen Fan overwhelmed a ten-thousand-person team with Vector Manipulation and won the match, leaving researchers questioning the nature of his ability. After claiming first place in more events, he toured the Daihasei Festival with Index and Last Order while Fukiyose Seiri stayed by his side.

• Chen Fan used a rope to bind and eliminate a large group of opposing students, then warned their eliminated commander not to give orders.
• Chen Fan lifted nearly ten thousand students into the air and moved them to his side, winning the match as researchers speculated about his abilities.
• Fukiyose Seiri accepted Chen Fan's demand for a kiss after he reminded her of their bet.
• Chen Fan won the men's triathlon and completed the marathon in less than a minute.
• Chen Fan toured the Daihasei Festival with Index and Last Order while Fukiyose Seiri continued her committee work beside him.

Chen Fan watched Fukiyose Seiri officiate the ball-throwing match, where Kamijou Touma and Tsuchimikado Motoharu were secretly among the competitors. After Fukiyose was struck by a magical force, Chen Fan caught her, disrupted the magic, and took her to the hospital.

• Fukiyose Seiri let Chen Fan accompany her to the middle school competition, where she signaled the start of Tokiwadai Middle School's match against two hundred opponents.
• Chen Fan watched Misaka Mikoto compete while Index complained about being hungry, and Last Order pointed out that Kamijou Touma was among the boys.
• After falling poles threatened a female student, Chen Fan threw a can to knock them aside as Misaka Mikoto fired her Railgun, and Fukiyose noticed Kamijou Touma and Tsuchimikado Motoharu in disguise.
• Fukiyose Seiri touched a pole with a slip of paper beneath her hand and was suddenly struck by a magical force that sent her falling.
• Chen Fan caught Fukiyose, used his Twelve-Hook Jade Rinnegan to analyze the magic, and blasted it away.
• Chen Fan told Kamijou Touma to explain what happened later and took Fukiyose Seiri to the hospital.

After learning that Oriana Thomson's spell had injured Fukiyose Seiri, Chen Fan joined Kamijou Touma and Tsuchimikado Motoharu in tracking the magician. Tsuchimikado located Oriana in District 13, and Chen Fan blocked the magical backlash that threatened to damage his body.

• Kamijou Touma and Tsuchimikado Motoharu learned that Fukiyose Seiri had been injured by Oriana Thomson's spell and went to the hospital.
• Chen Fan told Kamijou Touma and Tsuchimikado Motoharu that Fukiyose was not in danger of dying, then heard their account of what had happened.
• Tsuchimikado Motoharu agreed to use magic to track Oriana, and Chen Fan promised to block the backlash.
• Tsuchimikado used a paper crane and Oriana's slip of paper to locate her, while Chen Fan nullified the magical damage to Tsuchimikado's body.
• Tsuchimikado Motoharu told Chen Fan that Oriana was in District 13 of Academy City.

Chen Fan left to deal with Orianna while Himegami Akisa’s hidden power manifested as angelic wings and drove Orianna away. Aleister realized Chen Fan was behind the transformation, and rumors of an angel began spreading through Academy City.

• Chen Fan told Kamijou Touma to take Index and Last Order out, then jumped from the building and headed toward District 13.
• Orianna ran into Himegami Akisa and Tsukuyomi Komoe, recognized Himegami Akisa’s cross, and used her [Shorthand Codex] to cast a spell.
• Himegami Akisa’s angelic wings appeared and dispelled Orianna’s spell, so Orianna fled in fear.
• Aleister learned that Himegami Akisa had manifested the water power of the archangel from Angel Fall and concluded Chen Fan was responsible.
• After Himegami Akisa’s wings vanished, she insisted to Tsukuyomi Komoe that she was a magical girl, while rumors of an angel spread through Academy City.
• Orianna laid magical traps as she continued fleeing, exhausted and terrified.

Orianna Thomson learned that Lidovya Lorenjeti planned to use the Apostle Cross to bring Academy City under the Church’s control, while Chen Fan steadily triggered and survived Orianna’s magic traps as he tracked her down. The chapter ended with Lidovya warning Orianna that Chen Fan was Academy City’s Number One esper.

• Orianna asked Lidovya why an angel had appeared in Academy City, and Lidovya said the girl’s power was unknown and tied to Aleister Crowley.
• Lidovya revealed that Orianna was a distraction while she prepared to use the Apostle Cross to make Academy City a religious subsidiary.
• Chen Fan deliberately triggered Orianna’s traps, escaping waves, flames, swamps, and collapsing rubble unharmed as he followed them toward her.
• Orianna ran low on pages for her [Shorthand Codex] and warned an approaching stranger not to step into her trap.
• The trap exploded, but the stranger emerged unharmed, and Lidovya urged Orianna to flee because he was Academy City’s Number One esper.