Chapter Summaries

Kanzaki Kaori was about to die at Aleister Crowley’s hands when Shirai Kuroko rescued her and Academy City’s Ability Users arrived to support Misaka Mikoto. Shokuhou Misaki coordinated the students against Aleister, and Misaka declared that the battle had already ended.

• Aleister Crowley overwhelmed the badly injured Kanzaki Kaori and raised his blade to deliver a killing blow.
• Shirai Kuroko suddenly appeared, transported Kanzaki Kaori away, and reunited with Misaka Mikoto.
• Suzuki Hanamura and more than a hundred Ability Users arrived after Shokuhou Misaki arranged for the students to see the battle.
• Shokuhou Misaki used her mental powers to coordinate the Level 4 students and turn them into a force Aleister recognized as a threat.
• Aleister Crowley warned that the students might die, but Misaka Mikoto held Shirai Kuroko’s hand and said it was already over.

Misaka Mikoto and her companions discovered that the dessert shop was Shen Mo’s Treasure Chest Shop, and Kanzaki Kaori’s choice brought her before him. Shen Mo restored Kanzaki Kaori’s injuries and admitted to Aleister Crowley that Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki’s powers came from him, leaving the magicians focused on him as their target.

• Misaka Mikoto led Kuroko and the others to a dessert shop that appeared to be the Treasure Chest Shop to people with strong personal wishes.
• Shen Mo appeared and made the shop visible as the Treasure Chest Shop to everyone present except the Hanged Man, who watched from afar.
• Kanzaki Kaori collapsed before Shen Mo, and he healed her completely after recognizing that she had made her decision and gained the qualification to enter.
• Kanzaki Kaori thanked Shen Mo and stood beside him, while he told her to observe because she still misunderstood him and becoming an employee would not be easy.
• Aleister Crowley questioned Shen Mo, who admitted that Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki’s powers came from him.
• The magicians recognized Shen Mo as the source of the extraordinary powers and turned their attention toward him.

Shen Mo stripped Aleister Crowley of every supernatural ability, leaving him unable to wield his heavy weapon. The magicians panicked at the display of Shen Mo’s power and prepared to flee.

• Aleister Crowley challenged Shen Mo, arguing that taking power away from a few could prevent greater suffering and that he had to act with the strength he possessed.
• Shen Mo declared that he would strip Aleister Crowley of his power, and Aleister suddenly lost his Saint abilities, magic, and physical strength.
• The loss of Aleister’s power caused the magic array in the sky to collapse, sending five thousand tons of water down as rain without injuring anyone.
• Aleister Crowley admitted that he could not simply return home, then struggled and failed to lift his heavy Magic Attire.
• The magicians realized Aleister had been stripped of his Saint’s power, panicked over Shen Mo’s abilities, and began preparing to flee.

Shen Mo stripped Aleister Crowley of his power and offered him a chance to pursue the wish he shared with Kanzaki Kaori. Aleister entered the Treasure Chest Shop, while Shokuhou Misaki confronted the remaining magicians outside.

• Aleister Crowley admitted that he had used his power selfishly, and Shen Mo explained how his wish to help others differed from Kanzaki Kaori's.
• Shen Mo offered Aleister a choice between entering the shop to seek power for his wish or leaving as an ordinary person.
• The shop admitted Misaka Mikoto and Aleister Crowley, but barred Kamijo Touma and Misaka Misuzu.
• After the shop doors closed, Shokuhou Misaki challenged the remaining magicians, who left one by one.

Misaka Mikoto asked Shen Mo for a way to heal her serious injuries and learned that treatment would cost money, while Aleister Crowley and Kanzaki Kaori received an explanation of the Merchant Guild’s rules. Shen Mo confronted Kanzaki and Aleister with their past mistakes, leaving Kanzaki longing for her former companions and Aleister reflecting on how he might have been guided.

• The magicians returned from the shop shaken by the mysterious man who had stripped Aleister Crowley of his power, while Aleister considered the encounter a success.
• Misaka Mikoto asked Shen Mo to heal her injuries, and he explained that her body and soul had been severely damaged and that treatment required payment.
• Aleister Crowley asked whether Shen Mo’s power came at a price, and Shen Mo sent him and Kanzaki Kaori information about the Merchant Guild’s rules.
• Shen Mo told Kanzaki Kaori that becoming a Merchant Guild employee was her wish and pointed out how her stubbornness had hurt those close to her.
• Kanzaki Kaori admitted she had been wrong to leave her Amakusa-style companions, and Shen Mo asked Aleister Crowley whether he had recognized his own mistake.
• Aleister Crowley sighed and wondered whether his former Lord could have guided the lost, while Shen Mo said each person had to find their own way forward.

Shen Mo offered Aleister Crowley, Misaka Mikoto, and Kanzaki Kaori a chance to earn Points by fighting monsters in the Black Bullet world. Misaka arrived at the World Stage, excited to explore the new world, while Aleister and Kanzaki prepared to follow.

• Shen Mo explained that members could fight monsters in the Black Bullet world to earn Points and sent them information about the training ground.
• Aleister Crowley chose to spend his limited money on membership and one dungeon trip, and Shen Mo restored his magic before Aleister selected the Combat Style Series.
• Shen Mo warned Kanzaki Kaori that her Saint's Power would not work in another world because it came from her world's rules.
• Misaka Mikoto and Kanzaki Kaori applied to enter the World Stage, and Shen Mo unlocked their permissions and wished them luck.
• Misaka Mikoto arrived at the World Stage, where a soldier welcomed her and explained that food and lodging would be provided.

Misaka Mikoto arrived in the post-apocalyptic parallel world and met Tsunade, while Shen Mo watched events unfold. Back in the A Certain Magical Index World, revelations about the Clones intensified the public crisis, as the Magic Side focused its attention on Shen Mo and the Treasure Chest Shop.

• Misaka Mikoto followed an NPC to a guesthouse and met Tsunade, who offered to treat her injuries and introduce her to the local members in exchange for information.
• Shen Mo continued observing developments after arranging for Misaka Mikoto to join the other protagonists in the Dungeon World.
• Misaka Misuzu exposed the Clones and their inhumane experiments, with Shokuhou Misaki helping make the evidence public.
• Parents demanded their children be removed from Academy City, while countries called for the city to be abolished and put on trial.
• Academy City publicized the Magic Side's existence and defended keeping Esper students under its protection, leaving the public confrontation at a stalemate.
• The Right Seat of God confronted the Pope, and Fire of Right complained that Aleister Crowley had not been found.

Fire of Right declared war on Academy City to test his power against Shen Mo, and the Magic Side launched an open assault. Their attack was shattered by a gigantic orange-yellow sword of light, leaving the battle’s outcome overwhelmingly clear.

• Fire of Right told the Pope he intended to challenge Shen Mo and reclaim the Magic Side’s honor, while admitting he wanted to test his power.
• The next day, Fire of Right’s declaration of war against Academy City spread, and Shen Mo remained unconcerned.
• The Cloud Sea Serpents appeared over Academy City as Shokuhou Misaki watched with Misaka Misuzu, while Academy City’s fighter jets rose to meet them.
• An enormous orange-yellow sword of light swept across the sky and destroyed the attacking fighters, stunning Shokuhou Misaki.

Academy City faced a sudden invasion by the Magic Society, led by Fire of Right, whose spiritual attack Shokuhou Misaki resisted. As magical aircraft spread chaos across the city, Yomikawa Aiho and the other defenders fought back with support from Mugino Shizuri’s amplified lasers.

• Shokuhou Misaki identified Fire of Right’s enormous third arm as the source of the sword of light and resisted its hellfire attack.
• Fire of Right ordered Tikpat and the Cloud Sea Serpents to spread panic across Academy City without focusing on conquest or massacres.
• Magical aircraft descended across the city and attacked streets, buildings, and shops at random, turning them into a battlefield.
• Yomikawa Aiho and the Armored Soldiers defended the student dormitories as a magician restrained her armor with shadows.
• Yomikawa Aiho called for support, and Mugino Shizuri’s laser beam eliminated the magician from above.

Fire of Right cultivated fear from the war to strengthen his Third Arm and confronted the Misaka Sisters, but Accelerator arrived before he could attack them. Fire of Right provoked Accelerator by mocking his defeat, and Accelerator stood ready to fight.

• Fire of Right explained that fear and other forms of malice fueled his Third Arm, and he welcomed the war’s growing panic.
• Fire of Right encountered Misaka 17597 and several other Misaka Sisters, who prepared to counterattack.
• Fire of Right began to attack the Misaka Sisters, but he destroyed a truck that came crashing toward him and spotted Accelerator.
• Accelerator demanded to know why the Misaka Sisters had left their institution, then realized he had been lured there and refused to admit he cared about them.
• Fire of Right mocked Accelerator for losing to a Strong Ability User using magic, and Accelerator angrily challenged him.

Accelerator fought Fire of Right after the latter provoked him, but Fire of Right overwhelmed him with a strength that surpassed his calculations. Accelerator refused to flee despite his repeated defeats and continued attacking.

• Fire of Right taunted Accelerator about his defeat and challenged his confidence.
• Accelerator charged Fire of Right, but Fire of Right struck him into the ground and injured his forehead.
• Accelerator hurled a boulder at Fire of Right, but it shattered and an unseen force sent Accelerator crashing into a store, breaking his arm.
• Fire of Right explained that his strength exceeded Accelerator’s ability to calculate, and Accelerator realized he could not resist him.
• Accelerator refused to run away and sent the earth and a building toward Fire of Right, but Fire of Right tore the building apart and sent Accelerator flying again.

The Misaka Sisters shielded the badly injured Accelerator from Fire of Right, who dismissed them as puppets. Their kindness and refusal to hate him roused Accelerator’s Black Wings, and he stood to face Fire of Right again.

• Fire of Right overwhelmed the injured Accelerator, who could barely move and had nearly accepted his death.
• Several Misaka Sisters stepped between Accelerator and Fire of Right, refusing to leave him behind.
• Accelerator shouted at the Sisters to escape and reminded them that he had killed nearly ten thousand of their number.
• The Misaka Sisters explained that Accelerator had helped make their existence possible and that Last Order seemed to like him.
• Fire of Right called the Sisters puppets and prepared to kill them, but Accelerator rose with his Black Wings and struck at him.

Shokuhou Misaki intervened as Fire of Right crushed Accelerator and offered to lead him to the Shop Owner. She pitied Fire of Right for targeting someone she believed could overwhelm him.

• Accelerator’s Black Wings transformed into rotating vortices, and he attacked Fire of Right in a rage, but Fire of Right blocked his strikes effortlessly.
• Shokuhou Misaki appeared and stopped Fire of Right from delivering a killing blow to Accelerator.
• Fire of Right crushed Accelerator with an invisible force, leaving him bloodied and barely alive.
• Shokuhou Misaki explained that she had come for the Sisters, and Fire of Right asked her to lead him to the Shop Owner.
• Fire of Right described his idea of fairness as the powerful being overwhelmingly defeated in turn.
• Shokuhou Misaki asked whether Fire of Right had considered that someone might overwhelm him, thinking of the Shop Owner.

Shokuhou Misaki brought Fire of Right to the Treasure Chest Shop, where he could neither see it nor enter. Shen Mo predicted Aleister could stop him, and Aleister confronted Fire of Right through a cleaning robot to learn why he was trying to unleash a global war.

• Shokuhou Misaki entered the Treasure Chest Shop, while Fire of Right saw her vanish inside a convenience store and failed to perceive the shop.
• Shen Mo refused to meet Fire of Right and told Shokuhou Misaki that Aleister was more than capable of defeating him.
• Shen Mo explained that Fire of Right's conflicting wishes kept him from seeing the Treasure Chest Shop, then told Shokuhou Misaki to be sincere rather than scheme for his favor.
• Aleister contacted Fire of Right through a cleaning robot and asked why he was using war and malice to strengthen his power.
• Fire of Right said he believed his Third Arm was meant to reach its limit so he could defeat the powerful enemy destined to appear.

Aleister gave Fire of Right a concrete enemy to strengthen his wish, causing Treasure Chest Shop to appear before him. Fire of Right attacked the shop and Shen Mo, but his power could not affect or pass through it, and Shen Mo declared him an unwelcome guest.

• Aleister told Fire of Right that the Magic Gods were the enemies threatening the world and urged him to defeat them.
• Fire of Right accepted the Magic Gods as his archenemies, and Treasure Chest Shop appeared before him.
• Fire of Right sent his Third Hand against the shop’s door, but the attack vanished without effect.
• After the door opened, Fire of Right accused Shen Mo of being an illusion and sent his right arm toward him, but it stopped before the shop.
• Shen Mo reminded Fire of Right that he had attacked the shop and declared him an unwelcome guest.

Shen Mo stripped Fire of Right of his Divine Right Hand after he attacked the shop, while Aleister considered how the shop’s rules could help him destroy the Magic Gods. Shen Mo exposed the Anglican Archbishop Laura Stuart as the demon Koronozon, leaving Aleister and Shokuhou Misaki stunned.

• Shen Mo made Fire of Right’s third hand disappear, stripping him of the Divine Right Hand and leaving him struggling to accept what had happened.
• Aiwass warned Aleister that Shen Mo surpassed the Magic Gods, but Aleister decided the shop’s rules might help him destroy them.
• Shen Mo noticed a hidden guest and called her out, revealing Laura Stuart, the Anglican Church’s Archbishop, who had secretly entered Academy City.
• Shen Mo identified Laura as the demon Koronozon, causing Aleister and Shokuhou Misaki to react with shock.
• Koronozon said she regretted coming and argued that revealing her identity was already a severe punishment, since she had not attacked the shop.

Shen Mo confronted Laura Stuart after exposing her true identity as the demon Colonus, whose only wish came from her summoner’s command. He refused to let her join the Jars shop, declaring that her demonic arrogance left her unqualified to become a player.

• Shen Mo explained that Colonus’s desire to destroy Aleister came from McQueen Mathers’s command, not from a wish of her own.
• Laura revealed her monstrous demonic form, shocking Fire of Right and the others.
• Colonus insulted Shen Mo and claimed a demon’s thoughts were superior to human ones.
• Colonus tried to enter the Jars shop, but Shen Mo stopped her and said its rules were not absolute to him.
• Shen Mo declared that Colonus was trapped by her demonic nature and had no qualifications to become a player.

Shen Mo purified Colonus and restored Laura, whose original will had survived the demon's possession. Laura thanked him and offered to proclaim his might, but Shen Mo rejected worship and told her to become his guest and work hard.

• Shen Mo used Three Thousand Buddhist Realms to overwhelm Colonus, who stopped resisting and prostrated himself.
• Shen Mo purified Colonus's evil and restored the shattered goodwill that was Laura's original soul.
• Laura recovered her memories and thanked Shen Mo for resurrecting her and giving her the demon's accumulated wisdom.
• Shen Mo told Laura that she was now the true Laura and said he would continue watching her progress.
• Laura offered to proclaim Shen Mo's might, but he rejected worship and invited her to become his guest and work hard.

Laura accepted her new identity after Shen Mo transformed her and defeated Fire of Right, while Fire of Right left to reconsider his wish. As Academy City recovered from the attack, news of Fire of Right’s defeat spread through the Magic Side and alarmed the weakened Roman Orthodox Church.

• Shen Mo told Laura to pursue a wish, and Laura invited Fire of Right to become her subordinate, but he left to think about what he wanted.
• Laura called Shen Mo the Miracle Lord, and the Treasure Chest Shop vanished as he departed.
• Laura spoke with Aleister, said she understood her father’s past failure, and demanded that he make amends; Aleister ended the call and the robot drove away.
• The magicians’ attack on Academy City subsided after Fire of Right’s defeat, leaving the city and its students unharmed.
• News of Fire of Right’s defeat spread among magicians, while the Roman Orthodox Church faced growing pressure from rival factions.

Saten Ruiko visited Shen Mo’s shop but lacked the money to become a member or enter the Dungeon World. Aleister then split off a female possibility of herself and visited Shen Mo, leaving him to speak with her about her identity and his human outlook.

• Saten Ruiko visited the Treasure Chest Shop hoping to gain power and help Misaka Mikoto, but she could not afford membership.
• Shen Mo sensed that Aleister had temporarily left her life-support device, then realized she had restarted it after choosing a way to approach him.
• A silver-haired girl entered Shen Mo’s shop and introduced herself as Aleister, one of the possibilities created by Aleister splitting apart.
• Aleister explained that she considered herself Aleister but was not the main body, and Shen Mo accepted her female form without surprise.
• Aleister questioned why Shen Mo retained ordinary human thoughts despite his realm, and Shen Mo said that was simply who he was.