Chapter Summaries

Kanzaki Kaori asked Misaka Mikoto why she fought and came to see hope in the god’s actions, while Shen Mo watched Academy City prepare for the internationally broadcast superpower duel. Before the match, Mikoto worried about her chances without the Misaka Sisters, and Shokuhou Misaki warned her that losing would let the experiment continue.

• Kanzaki Kaori asked Misaka Mikoto what she fought for, and Mikoto said she needed to win to protect people she cared about.
• Kanzaki Kaori left convinced that Shen Mo was offering hope to people who needed saving and wondered how to change her faith without making an enemy of Archbishop Laura.
• Shen Mo monitored Academy City as the superpower duel drew worldwide attention and crowds gathered for its start.
• Misaka Mikoto waited at the venue, unable to find any Misaka Sisters and uneasy about competing without their help to reach Level 6.
• Misaka Mikoto recalled borrowing heavily to buy around two hundred Level 3 Chests, then Shokuhou Misaki confronted her and warned that the experiment would continue if she lost.

Misaka Mikoto prepared for her televised battle, seeking the Sisters’ help to access the Misaka Network and possibly reach Level 6. At the viewing platforms, Kanzaki Kaori faced questions from Magi and the arrival of Aleister Crowley, whose presence made clear he was stronger than her.

• Misaka Mikoto told Shokuhou Misaki she hoped to use the Misaka Network to temporarily advance to Level 6, and Shokuhou went to look for the Sisters.
• Misaka Misuzu called to encourage Misaka Mikoto, telling her it was acceptable to lose, while Mikoto hid her distress about the Sisters and Academy City's darkness.
• Misaka Mikoto left the waiting room for the abandoned-warehouse battlefield shortly before her match began.
• Kanzaki Kaori arrived at the viewing platform and was questioned by Sasha Kruezhef about the Anglican Church's ties to Academy City and its intelligence.
• Aleister Crowley arrived and confronted Kanzaki Kaori, who recognized that he was stronger than her.

Aleister Crowley confronted Kanzaki Kaori about her meeting with Misaka Mikoto as the match between Misaka Mikoto and Accelerator began. The battle stunned the watching Magicians, and Misaka launched a lightning attack at Accelerator.

• Aleister Crowley told Kanzaki Kaori that he knew she had spoken with Misaka Mikoto, and Kanzaki refused to explain further.
• Suzuki Hanamura announced the match rules as Accelerator leaped into the air and attacked Misaka Mikoto among the containers.
• Misaka Mikoto dodged Accelerator's charge with extraordinary speed, astonishing the Magicians watching the match.
• Accelerator taunted Misaka Mikoto about the dolls as she summoned a lightning spear and counterattacked with Lightning Gun.

Misaka Mikoto used her new Lightning Gun to send Accelerator crashing into containers, baffling him and the observing researchers. She kept her distance and counterattacked while confronting him over the Sisters he had killed, determined to make him feel their pain.

• Misaka Mikoto fired a Lightning Gun that sent Accelerator flying into a container, astonishing him and the researchers.
• Accelerator charged again, but Misaka Mikoto struck him with a second Lightning Gun blast and sent him into the container once more.
• Accelerator dodged her next attack and hurled rubble at her, but Misaka Mikoto swept it aside with her spear.
• Misaka Mikoto repeatedly fired Lightning Guns while keeping her distance, and Accelerator grew increasingly furious.
• Misaka Mikoto challenged Accelerator over the Sisters he had killed and continued her barrage, resolved to counterattack as they could not.

Misaka Mikoto used magic to keep Accelerator at a distance, revealing to the gathered magicians that an Ability User could wield magic and alarming them about the Science Side’s intentions. As Accelerator’s frustration mounted, he redirected his power into the air and unleashed a violent vortex-like gale.

• Suzuki Hanamura praised Misaka Mikoto’s ranged tactics as she repeatedly struck Accelerator and kept him away.
• A magician detected that Misaka Mikoto’s lightning attacks were formed through magic, and other magicians confirmed the discovery.
• Aleister Crowley spoke about magic and Ability Users, while the magicians interpreted the demonstration as a threat and called for war.
• Kanzaki Kaori feared that Misaka Mikoto’s power could provoke a conflict with the benevolent Other God and hoped the match would end.
• Cheered on by the crowd, Accelerator grew furious at his inability to hit Misaka Mikoto and began losing control of his vectors.
• Accelerator changed tactics by giving kinetic energy to the air, creating a thunderous, vortex-like gale.

Accelerator unleashed a massive air vortex and attacked Misaka Mikoto, who endured his blasts with Lightning Armor. As the vortex grew into a superheated threat to everyone at the venue, Misaka Mikoto prepared to use her second Rare Grand Prize, Human Myth - Lightning Descent: System Keraunos.

• Accelerator controlled the air around him and fired a destructive shock wave at Misaka Mikoto.
• Misaka Mikoto used Lightning Armor to withstand the debris and blast, while spectators watched in alarm.
• Accelerator compressed the air into a growing, superheated vortex and continued firing attacks at Misaka Mikoto.
• Misaka Mikoto realized the vortex could endanger everyone at the venue and decided she had to stop it.
• Misaka Mikoto released her magic power and invoked Human Myth - Lightning Descent: System Keraunos.

Misaka Mikoto unleashed Tesla’s lightning Noble Phantasm and appeared to defeat Accelerator, winning over the cheering crowd. But Accelerator survived the blast and stood again in the crater while Mikoto remained too exhausted to fight.

• Misaka Mikoto gathered the lightning into her spear and struck Accelerator with her Human Myth - Lightning Descent Noble Phantasm.
• The blast carved a vast crater, and the crowd cheered as Mikoto stood at its edge, apparently unharmed.
• Misaka Mikoto drank a Blue Potion from a Jar to restore some magic power and stamina.
• Accelerator rose from the crater, badly burned but still standing, as Mikoto realized the battle was not over and she could not yet fight again.

Misaka Mikoto continued fighting Accelerator to protect the Sisters, but she was close to collapse when Last Order arrived on the battlefield. Last Order revealed that the Misakas had sent her to help, though she could not connect Misaka Mikoto to the Misaka Network without special processing.

• Misaka Mikoto refused to surrender, insisting she would protect the Sisters despite her exhaustion.
• Misaka Mikoto confronted Accelerator over calling the Sisters dolls and described them as people with emotions and lives of their own.
• Accelerator grew agitated and attacked Misaka Mikoto, who was knocked down by the stones he kicked up.
• Last Order ran onto the battlefield and stood between Accelerator and Misaka Mikoto, declaring that the fight would end there.
• Misaka Mikoto pulled Last Order to safety, and Last Order explained that she could not connect Misaka Mikoto to the Misaka Network without special processing.

Last Order tried to stop Misaka Mikoto and Accelerator by explaining that the Misaka Sisters did not regret the experiment, but Accelerator snapped after hearing that they were grateful. The chapter left him transformed with black wings as the magicians feared his power would destroy the world.

• Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki discovered that Last Order wanted to join the Misaka Network, and Shokuhou admitted she could not control the girl.
• Last Order jumped down and tried to stop Misaka Mikoto and Accelerator from fighting, explaining that the Misaka Sisters did not feel sad about the experiment ending.
• Misaka Mikoto struggled with the Sisters' acceptance of their deaths and felt responsible for their suffering.
• Accelerator struck Misaka Mikoto and Last Order, knocking them into the ground, and Last Order fell motionless.
• Accelerator erupted in rage over the Sisters' gratitude, recalled his violent childhood, and manifested a pair of black wings.
• The magicians identified Accelerator's power as angelic or demonic and feared he could destroy the world.

Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki joined forces to confront a berserk Accelerator and protect Last Order. Shokuhou possessed Mikoto to push her beyond her limits, and their combined power prepared them to fight back.

• Shokuhou Misaki failed to penetrate Accelerator’s mind and urged Misaka Mikoto to let her take Last Order away, but Mikoto chose to hold Accelerator back.
• Accelerator’s Black Wings battered Misaka Mikoto with devastating attacks, while Kuroko watched in anguish from the stands.
• Shokuhou Misaki proposed using her Blue Rare skill to possess Mikoto and unleash power beyond her normal limits, and Mikoto agreed.
• Misaka Mikoto said she had to protect the Sisters because she was their sister and they shared the same blood.
• Shokuhou Misaki took control of Mikoto and lent her power, connecting their minds as Mikoto’s body burned with lightning and they resolved that they could win together.

Misaka Mikoto and Accelerator’s battle ended with Mikoto winning, though she collapsed from her injuries. In the hospital, Misaka Misuzu pressed her daughter for answers about Last Order, and Shokuhou Misaki arrived with a revelation that Mikoto had more than one additional daughter.

• Misaka Mikoto’s combined Liquid Shield Railguns struck Accelerator, and the impact sent her flying until Kuroko caught her.
• Kuroko saw that Accelerator had been defeated with a spear through his waist, while Mikoto lost consciousness; Suzuki Hanamura announced Misaka as the winner.
• The battle’s outcome left the audience and magicians shaken, and Kanzaki Kaori recognized that the world’s balance had changed.
• Misaka Mikoto woke in the hospital beside Misaka Misuzu, who asked her to explain the girl who looked like her as a child.
• Misaka Misuzu told Mikoto that Last Order had received treatment and been taken away, then Shokuhou Misaki entered and said Mikoto had gained more than one daughter.

Shokuhou Misaki told Misaka Misuzu about the Misaka clones and the deadly experiments, prompting Misuzu to comfort Mikoto and worry about Academy City's plans. The chapter ended when Kamijo Touma entered the room and surprised Mikoto.

• Shokuhou Misaki told Misaka Misuzu that there were 20,003 clones and that 9,982 had died in experiments.
• Misaka Misuzu embraced Misaka Mikoto and reassured her that the tragedy was not her fault.
• Shokuhou Misaki suggested Academy City might be preparing for war with an army of cloned Espers.
• Misaka Mikoto and Misaka Misuzu feared that Academy City might target powerful Espers, including Mikoto.
• Kamijo Touma entered the room, surprising Misaka Mikoto and alarming Misaka Misuzu.

Kamijo Touma warned Misaka Mikoto that magicians were targeting her, but Shirley Cromwell attacked them in the hospital and set its collapse in motion. Shokuhou Misaki took control of Shirley, but the spell had already gone too far, leaving Touma and the others facing imminent disaster.

• Kamijo Touma told Misaka Mikoto that Kanzaki Kaori had warned her she was in danger from magicians.
• A rocky hand broke through the hospital wall and reached for Misaka Mikoto, and Kamijo Touma destroyed it with Imagine Breaker.
• Shirley Cromwell revealed herself as a magician from the Church of Necessary Evil and summoned a stone statue while explaining that she wanted to stop magic and science from being fused.
• Shirley revealed that arrays on the building’s outer walls were tearing it apart, endangering the hospital’s patients.
• Shokuhou Misaki took control of Shirley, but she could not stop the activated spell, and Kamijo Touma realized the building was about to collapse.

As Sasha Kruezhef attacked Misaka Mikoto with fear-inducing weapons, Accelerator held the collapsing hospital together and Shokuhou Misaki protected Mikoto and Misaka Misuzu. Mikoto drank a Red Potion to recover, while Shokuhou located Sasha and prepared to strike back.

• Accelerator used Vector Control to keep the hospital walls from collapsing, and Shokuhou urged Misaka Mikoto and Misaka Misuzu to escape.
• A saw blade destroyed the stone statue and incapacitated Shirley, while Sasha Kruezhef attacked from hiding with fear-inducing weapons.
• Shokuhou suppressed Mikoto and Misuzu's fear, and Sasha explained that she intended to kill Mikoto because her magical power threatened magicians.
• Kamijo Touma stopped Sasha's descending hammer with his right hand, and Mikoto asked for a Red Potion because her injuries left her unable to fight.
• Shokuhou gave Mikoto a Red Potion, then identified Sasha's location and announced that she had found her.

Shokuhou Misaki and Misaka Mikoto decided to seek refuge in the Treasure Chest Shop while Mikoto recovered, but a coalition of magicians blocked their route and threatened the safety of everyone close to them.

• Shokuhou Misaki used her Arrow of Captivation to control attackers and force Sasha to focus on evading them.
• Shokuhou Misaki warned Misaka Mikoto that magic-side factions and Academy City’s higher-ups were watching her after her victory over Accelerator.
• Misaka Misuzu urged Misaka Mikoto to recover somewhere safe, and Shokuhou Misaki suggested the Treasure Chest Shop as an invulnerable refuge.
• Misaka Mikoto set out for a nearby shop with Shokuhou Misaki, Kamijo Touma, Misaka Misuzu, and the others, but a squad of Undead Knights appeared at the hospital entrance.
• A magician speaking through the leading Undead Knight said nineteen factions had sent more than thirty powerful magicians and threatened Misaka Mikoto’s friends and family.

Shokuhou Misaki, Misaka Mikoto, and Kamijo Touma rejected the magicians’ demands after they threatened their friends and classmates. The negotiations collapsed into battle, and Shokuhou used her Absolute King Domain to seize control of the Roman Orthodox Church’s Thirteen Knights.

• The magician revealed that magicians had gone to Tokiwa Middle School and threatened Index and Kamijo Touma’s other friends to force Shokuhou Misaki away from Misaka Mikoto.
• Misaka Mikoto urged Shokuhou Misaki to leave with Misaka Misuzu, but Kamijo Touma refused to abandon Mikoto and Shokuhou chose to stay with him.
• Shokuhou Misaki raised a magic barrier around herself, Misaka Mikoto, and Misaka Misuzu, then unleashed a psychic attack on the magicians in the hospital.
• Kamijo Touma charged into battle as the Hell Knights went berserk and the Roman Orthodox Church’s Thirteen Knights attacked alongside a sudden gale.
• Shokuhou Misaki used her Absolute King Domain to pierce the Thirteen Knights with golden lines and stop their movements.

Shokuhou Misaki used her Absolute King Domain to control the Thirteen Knights as the magicians prepared a large-scale spell. Outside the hospital, Aleister Crowley confronted Misaka Mikoto and demanded the source of her power, and Misaki attacked him as the group tried to reach the shop.

• Shokuhou Misaki transformed the Thirteen Knights into puppets and the hidden magicians recognized that her power involved magic.
• Aleister Crowley appeared outside the hospital and offered the group a choice: oppose him or hand over the culprit behind the chaos.
• Misaka Misuzu defended her daughter, and Misaka Mikoto rejected Aleister Crowley's demand to surrender.
• Aleister Crowley asked Shokuhou Misaki how she obtained her unusual power, but she invited him to experience it instead.
• Shokuhou Misaki sent the Thirteen Knights and her Arrows of Captivation after Aleister Crowley while advancing toward the shop with Misaka Mikoto.

Shokuhou Misaki used her third Blue Rare Skill, Golden Eyes, to overcome Aleister Crowley and curse him with fear. Aleister resisted the skill and revealed his magic name as he continued fighting.

• Aleister Crowley fought the Thirteen Knights with overwhelming speed and strength while Kamijo Touma and Shokuhou Misaki struggled to keep up.
• Aleister questioned whether his opponents were using a new magic system designed for Ability Users and suspected another Aleister was behind it.
• Shokuhou Misaki activated Golden Eyes, summoning a dragon phantom whose pressure slowed Aleister and planted an enduring fear in his mind.
• Aleister realized he had been defeated by an unknown power and feared the wider consequences of such strength being given to young girls.
• Aleister struck the ground with his blade, burst nearby pipes, and revealed his magic name: Flere210, meaning to change the reason for tears.

Aleister Crowley unleashed a devastating assault on Shokuhou Misaki, Misaka Mikoto, and their companions, driving them into a desperate defense. Kanzaki Kaori arrived and stopped his magic circle, declaring that she had chosen to protect them and leave the Anglican Church.

• Aleister Crowley raised a vast magic circle of water and attacked the group with enormous water spears and other crushing projectiles.
• Misaka Mikoto kicked Kamijo Touma into Shokuhou Misaki's defensive barrier as the assault destroyed nearby buildings and forced the group into a pit.
• Shokuhou Misaki struggled to maintain the barrier while Misaka Mikoto worried that the battle would endanger the students at the school.
• Hidden magicians joined Aleister Crowley's attack until Kanzaki Kaori arrived and slashed the magic circle apart.
• Aleister Crowley questioned Kanzaki Kaori's choice to defend the Science Side, and she said the decision was her own and that she had resolved to leave the Anglican Church.

Kanzaki Kaori fought Aleister Crowley to protect the Other God’s will while Misaka Mikoto and the others advanced toward the shop. With only one hundred meters left, the badly injured Kanzaki crashed down in front of them.

• Kanzaki announced her Magic Name, Salvare000, and began fighting Aleister Crowley after declaring her intent to leave the Anglican Church.
• Aleister overwhelmed Kanzaki and criticized her for rejecting her own power, exposing her hesitation as a weakness.
• Kanzaki recalled that she was fighting to protect the Other God’s goodwill and launched a fierce counterattack.
• Shokuhou Misaki guided Misaka Mikoto and the others through the battle toward the shop, while Misaka worried about everyone caught up in the conflict.
• With the group one hundred meters from their destination, Kanzaki crashed into the ground in front of them, gravely wounded.