Recaps

Harumi Kiyama realized that Gensei Kihara had activated the Level Upper network, unleashing catastrophic tremors and storms across Academy City. Roland descended to the underground cavern, found the awakened AIM Burst, and confronted Gensei Kihara as the disaster reached its final stage.

• Harumi Kiyama recognized that Gensei Kihara had activated the Level Upper while violent tremors and abnormal weather devastated Academy City.
• Roland held Harumi Kiyama close, then sent her to meet Mikoto Misaka and the others before heading underground.
• Roland hacked into the Central System and descended to the source of the tremors.
• Roland found the AIM Burst, an angel-like being formed from the Level Upper network that had gained intelligence and a will to survive.
• Gensei Kihara appeared and defended his research as a necessary sacrifice for scientific progress.
• Roland rejected Gensei Kihara's justification and told him he was not worth hearing an explanation.

Roland crushed Gensei Kihara but learned that the Level Upper Beast could use Body Crystals to evolve and empower him. The transformed monster faced Roland, who welcomed the challenge with delight.

• Roland hurled Gensei Kihara away with his magnetic field power and crushed most of his mechanical body.
• Roland demanded that Gensei Kihara hand over control of the Level Upper, but Gensei refused and claimed Roland could not stop him.
• The Level Upper Beast activated Body Crystals and absorbed the AIM Diffusion Field energy, evolving into a larger winged form.
• Gensei Kihara announced that he had merged with the Level Upper Beast and gained its power.
• Roland looked up at the transformed beast and said he absolutely loved it.

Gensei Kihara fused with the AIM Burst and unleashed 750,000 horsepower, convinced he had reached God’s domain and could defeat Roland. Roland remained calm and revealed that Gensei had installed the Dream Creator, exposing a hidden trap as the chapter ended.

• Gensei Kihara restored his body with the AIM Burst and explained how he had combined magnetic field power with a rampaging AIM Diffusion Field to create an artificial angel.
• Roland identified Therestina as the source of the Body Crystal used to accelerate the AIM Burst’s revival and explained the flaw in Gensei’s shortcut.
• Gensei Kihara merged with the AIM Burst, gained 750,000 horsepower, and declared his new atomic fission boundary.
• Gensei Kihara taunted Roland and claimed his power made him unrivaled, while Roland called him weak and said he had walked into a trap.
• Roland deduced that Gensei Kihara had installed the Dream Creator, and Gensei’s smile froze.

Roland revealed that Gensei Kihara’s Magnetic Field Power had depended on a Falna he could reclaim, stripping Gensei of his strength and causing his death. The uncontrolled AIM Burst then spread Level Upper through Academy City and charged at Roland, who let it attack.

• Gensei Kihara ordered the AIM Burst to fire at Roland, but the attack stopped before it could discharge.
• Roland explained that the Dream Creator had sealed a Contract and that he could take back the Falna and the power it granted.
• Roland reclaimed Gensei Kihara’s Falna, leaving him powerless to withstand the AIM Burst, which consumed him.
• The freed AIM Burst spread Level Upper’s melody through Academy City and took control of surviving electronic devices.
• The AIM Burst recognized Roland as something it wanted to consume, unleashed its reserve energy, and charged at him as he stood still.

Roland fought the AIM Burst, which used the Level Upper Network to boost its power to nine hundred and twenty thousand horsepower. Roland remained unharmed, tore off its arm, and announced that he would next attack its Primordial Spirit.

• Roland kicked the AIM Burst and sent it flying, disrupting its attack and injuring it with its own backlash.
• The AIM Burst activated the Level Upper Network, enlarged its body, and increased its power to nine hundred thousand horsepower by devouring consciousnesses.
• The AIM Burst unleashed repeated attacks, but Roland dodged each one and closed the distance between them.
• The AIM Burst concentrated nine hundred and twenty thousand horsepower into a giant claw and struck Roland, who blocked it with his bare hand.
• Roland tore off the AIM Burst's left arm and said he would play with its Primordial Spirit.

Roland defeated AIM Burst by using the Complete Boundary to overcome its 920,000 horsepower, then absorbed its soul to recover some of his strength. As a new era’s disaster began spreading, he hurled AIM Burst into space and unleashed a 990,000-horsepower Hai Hu Explosion Fist.

• Roland caught AIM Burst’s attacks, explained how his Complete Boundary dispersed its power, and tore off its remaining arm when it tried to flee.
• Roland pinned AIM Burst with its severed arm, declared that he would take its soul, and ripped out its core.
• Roland absorbed AIM Burst’s core and soul, regaining some power as crimson scales appeared across his skin.
• Roland sensed a disaster spreading through the people who had signed up for Falna, then threw AIM Burst’s crumbling body into space.
• Roland fired his 990,000-horsepower Hai Hu Explosion Fist at the meteor-like AIM Burst.

Mikoto Misaka struggled with guilt over Academy City's past and decided to investigate its plans through the Blue Dream Company's computers. When she ran into Roland, he offered to test a new device for protecting against mind-reading, leaving her stunned.

• Mikoto Misaka told Kuroko Shirai she feared it might be too late to atone for her past mistakes, and Kuroko promised to stand by her.
• Kuroko Shirai suspected Mikoto Misaka had grown close to Roland and vowed to rescue her from his influence, though Judgment's paperwork distracted her.
• Mikoto Misaka encountered Roland and Misaki Shokuhou on the road while secretly planning to investigate Academy City's plans using the Blue Dream Company's computers.
• Misaki Shokuhou teased Mikoto Misaka about hiding a secret, and Mikoto deflected by saying she did not want her thoughts read.
• Roland offered Mikoto Misaka as a test subject for the latest Dream Creator's mind-reading protection, and she was left speechless.

Misaki Shokuhou and Roland discussed Mikoto Misaka’s hesitation over the Dream Creator and the Level 6 Shift Project, which Roland saw as a chance to make Mikoto confront her powerlessness. The chapter ended with Roland and Misaki sharing an intimate moment in a stairwell while Mikoto used Blue Dream Company’s authority to investigate the project.

• Misaki Shokuhou questioned whether Roland should let Mikoto Misaka investigate on her own, and Roland said he wanted the project to expose Mikoto’s weakness without excuses.
• Misaki recalled her anger over the Mass Production Esper Project and Dolly, and explained that she wanted to save the Misaka Sisters without recklessly harming Blue Dream Company.
• Roland said he valued the Misaka Network’s potential more than Mikoto herself, prompting Misaki to accuse him of having plans for Mikoto and tease him about lending her company authority.
• Roland teased Misaki about being jealous, and she walked ahead of him in her office outfit while enjoying his attention.
• Roland pulled Misaki into a nearby stairwell and offered intimacy as compensation for their interrupted date; she eventually agreed.

Roland prepared to intervene in the struggle over the Misaka Network while Fuhuko Nunotaba tried to disrupt the Level 6 project. When a SCHOOL operative attacked her, Roland killed him with the Heavenly Martial Killing Art: Life-Ending Way.

• Roland told Misaki Shokuhou that others had recognized the Misaka Network's importance and that he had serious business to handle.
• Fuhuko Nunotaba reflected on how the Learning Device and the Sisters had been turned into tools, and resolved to obstruct the Level 6 project.
• Fuhuko scattered cash cards to delay the experiments and gathered her documents while considering how to give the Sisters emotions through the Misaka Network.
• A SCHOOL operative confronted Fuhuko and defeated her attempt to incapacitate him, revealing that he had acquired Electric Current Push.
• Roland appeared and destroyed the operative's weapon and electricity before using the Heavenly Martial Killing Art: Life-Ending Way to make him die of old age.

Roland rescued Fuhuko Nunotaba from a SCHOOL agent and offered to help her deal with the organization pursuing her. Umidori Kage revealed SCHOOL’s goodwill was backed by Teitoku Kakine, who demanded Roland’s help in overthrowing Aleister and then tried to use Roland’s capture as leverage.

• Roland explained that his Life-Cutting Path had taken most of the SCHOOL agent’s lifespan, and Fuhuko Nunotaba agreed to work with him.
• Roland exposed Umidori Kage, who identified herself as a SCHOOL member and said the organization was prepared to compromise with him.
• Umidori Kage revealed that SCHOOL had brought its forces and was seeking to express goodwill to Roland.
• Teitoku Kakine appeared from concealment and asked Roland to help him take control of Academy City by weakening Aleister’s position.
• Teitoku Kakine claimed Roland was in SCHOOL’s hands and threatened him into cooperating.

Roland turned Teitoku Kakine’s attempt to force the Blue Dream Company’s cooperation against him by asking for a Living Dark Matter Production Machine and using Umidori Kage’s ability against her. After Teitoku Kakine attacked, Roland seized him through his wing defenses and said he would take the machine himself.

• Teitoku Kakine offered Roland rewards for cooperating, but Roland demanded a Living Dark Matter Production Machine in exchange for the Blue Dream Company’s support.
• Umidori Kage used Mind Stabilizer on Roland, but the ability backfired and left her infatuated with him.
• Roland taunted Teitoku Kakine while holding Umidori Kage, provoking Teitoku Kakine into attacking with his six wings.
• Teitoku Kakine’s attack demolished the floor but left Umidori Kage and Fuhuko Nunotaba unharmed.
• Roland pierced Teitoku Kakine’s wing defenses, seized his face, and declared that he would take the machine himself.

Roland defeated Teitoku Kakine and turned him into a living Dark Matter production source while preparing to deal with School. Aleister accepted the changes to his plans and felt his heart beat independently of the life-support machine.

• Roland defeated Teitoku Kakine with magnetic field power, shocking Fuhuko Nunotaba, while Umidori Kage revealed School’s plans.
• Roland crushed Teitoku Kakine’s body and kept him alive as a source of Dark Matter, then left with Umidori Kage and Fuhuko Nunotaba as Yafei approached.
• Aiwass warned Aleister that Fuhuko Nunotaba could interfere with the Misaka Network, but Aleister said losing the initiative was acceptable while Roland used him in a mutually beneficial transaction.
• Aleister’s heart began beating on its own inside the life-support machine as he considered the Imperial Polarity Scripture and Dharma Sutra from The Library.

Misaki Shokuhou told Mikoto Misaka that destroying research facilities had not stopped the Level 6 experiments, and Mikoto decided to challenge the project at its source by facing Accelerator. Meanwhile, Roland explained to Fuhuko Nunotaba that he wanted the Sisters to develop emotions and souls, then revealed that Accelerator’s Level 6 transformation would occur if events proceeded as planned.

• Misaki Shokuhou warned Mikoto Misaka that the experiments had continued at over two hundred sites despite her attacks on research institutions.
• Mikoto Misaka decided to disprove the Level 6 project by confronting Accelerator, and Misaki Shokuhou agreed to help her find the next experiment site.
• Misaki Shokuhou urged Mikoto Misaka to call on Roland if she reached a desperate point, and Mikoto rejected the idea of involving others unless necessary.
• Roland praised Fuhuko Nunotaba for incorporating the Dream Creator’s data into her emotional program and explained that emotions could give the Sisters souls.
• Roland told Fuhuko Nunotaba that Accelerator would reach Level 6 by killing twenty thousand Sisters if events proceeded as planned.

Roland explained how Magnetic Field Power and an emotional program could help the Misaka Sisters develop, and Fuhuko Nunotaba gave him the program while offering herself in exchange for their freedom. As Roland and Fuhuko headed to the Sisters, Accelerator’s experiment was interrupted by Mikoto Misaka, who unleashed a lightning-fast attack on him.

• Roland told Fuhuko Nunotaba that the Misaka Network could help the Sisters develop souls and power, but he preferred to make them his employees rather than use them as expendables for Level 6.
• Fuhuko handed Roland a crystalline USB drive containing the emotional program and offered him her body if the Sisters could truly gain their freedom.
• Roland accepted Fuhuko’s offer, took her hand, and set out to inject the emotional program into the Misaka Network.
• During the Level 6 experiment, Accelerator dismissed the injured Sister clones and continued fighting them as researchers urged him to keep going.
• Mikoto Misaka arrived with rising Magnetic Field Power, and Accelerator ignored the researchers’ warnings and prepared to fight her.
• Mikoto rushed Accelerator with a current-charged fist and attacked with “120,000 Horsepower: True Lightning!”

Mikoto Misaka fought Accelerator with her Magnetic Field Power but could not penetrate his vector reflection until the Misaka Network helped her alter her attacks between blows. She drove him back with the Sister God of War technique, but Accelerator caught her final punch, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Mikoto Misaka unleashed a powerful lightning strike and attack, but Accelerator’s vector manipulation left him unharmed and countered her moves.
• Mikoto Misaka recalled how her past battles had taught her to keep standing and charged Accelerator with her eyes closed.
• Accelerator was struck and forced backward when Mikoto Misaka’s attacks changed unpredictably through the Misaka Network’s control.
• Mikoto Misaka explained that the Sisters’ shared computing power let them switch fighting styles between attacks and named the technique Sister God of War.
• Mikoto Misaka tried to knock Accelerator down to stop the experiment, but he caught her fist with a crazed smile.

Accelerator defeated Mikoto Misaka and threatened to kill the Sister before her, pushing Mikoto to despair until Roland appeared. Roland rescued the Sister and confronted Accelerator.

• Accelerator overwhelmed Mikoto Misaka, broke her arm, and explained how he had adapted to her attacks and seen through her fighting strategy.
• Accelerator left Mikoto alive and threatened to kill the Sister in front of her, using the Misaka Network to make her witness the danger.
• Mikoto recalled Roland's advice and prayed for help as Accelerator approached the Sister.
• Roland appeared, lifted the Sister, and calmly faced Accelerator, who demanded to know who he was.
• Roland called himself a passing hero who was doing it for fun.

Roland negotiated with Mikoto Misaka to intervene in the Level 6 Shift Project, then confronted Accelerator and overwhelmed him with physical attacks. The chapter ended with Roland taunting Accelerator about the value of the Complete Boundary.

• Roland told Mikoto Misaka he would help only if she agreed to repay him with her body, and she accepted to save the Sisters.
• Roland returned to face Accelerator and announced he would straighten him out.
• Accelerator struck at Roland, but Roland punched him in the face and knocked him down.
• Accelerator tried again, but Roland bypassed his reflection, struck his abdomen, and kicked him away.
• Roland asked Accelerator whether he knew what the Complete Boundary was worth.

Roland overwhelmed Accelerator in close combat and crushed his Earth’s Rotation Cannon, then knocked him unconscious with one punch. Accelerator survived but lost his abilities, leaving Roland to wonder what would happen to him next.

• Accelerator attacked Roland at close range, but Roland dodged every strike and used Shaori to turn Accelerator’s reflected force against him.
• Mikoto Misaka recognized Roland’s technique and realized how precisely he had to time his movements against Accelerator’s reflection.
• Roland broke Accelerator’s bones and mocked his reliance on his Esper Ability, but Accelerator forced himself to keep fighting.
• Accelerator unleashed the Earth’s Rotation Cannon and charged Roland, who seized the energy sphere and crushed it.
• Roland punched Accelerator unconscious while his reflection was down, leaving him severely injured and without his abilities.
• Roland considered Accelerator’s uncertain future and wondered whether Aleister would protect him.

Roland defeated Accelerator, then helped Mikoto Misaka and Misaki Shokuhou arrange treatment for the Misaka Sisters and Dolly. After taking Mikoto toward Tokiwadai, he used her concern for her sisters to pressure her into keeping their agreement.

• Mikoto Misaka refused to punish Accelerator herself, though she vowed to take him down if he refused to repent.
• Roland arranged for the Misaka Sisters to receive treatment for their clone defects, and Heaven Canceller confirmed the plan could soon be applied on a large scale.
• Misaki Shokuhou learned that Dolly’s genetic defects had been repaired and thanked Roland and Heaven Canceller.
• Roland and Mikoto left the hospital after the Sisters were entrusted to Blue Dream Company’s care.
• Mikoto objected when Roland headed toward Tokiwadai, but Roland reminded her of their agreement and drew her into his arms.
• Roland asked whether Mikoto wanted her sisters to return to their former circumstances, using the question to overcome her reluctance.

Roland pressed Mikoto Misaka to honor their bargain and took her to her dorm room, where they became intimate while she was exhausted and barely conscious. Kuroko Shirai returned, found Mikoto asleep in her own bed, and confronted Roland by phone, who confirmed what had happened.

• Roland reminded Mikoto Misaka of their bargain, kissed her, and carried her to the Tokiwadai dormitory after she gave him her address.
• At Mikoto's room, Roland undressed her and continued despite her embarrassment and protests about being in Kuroko Shirai's bed.
• Kuroko Shirai returned to the dormitory and found Mikoto asleep, flushed, and exhausted in her bed.
• Kuroko called Roland and demanded to know what he had done to Mikoto.
• Roland admitted that he and Mikoto had been intimate, then told Kuroko that Mikoto tasted wonderful.

Homeless and unable to use his ability, Accelerator was beaten by delinquents until Kamijou Touma rescued him. When Kamijou’s touch restored Accelerator’s ability, it also released the attack sealed within him, leaving Accelerator terrified of being touched again.

• Accelerator found his apartment wrecked and headed toward a hotel, reflecting on his lost ability and uncertain future.
• A gang of delinquents cornered Accelerator, beat him, and threatened to assault him.
• Kamijou Touma charged in, drove off the delinquents, and offered to take the injured Accelerator to a hospital.
• Accelerator explained that Roland had sealed his ability after an atrocity, and Kamijou touched his shoulder to help him.
• Accelerator’s ability returned and the seal began to break, but he pulled away from Kamijou in panic and screamed for him to stay back.

Roland met with Kanzaki Kaori while Index enjoyed a company-funded feast, then warned them that a magic-side intruder had come for Index. Aureolus Izzard appeared and used alchemy to turn the ground into liquid gold, but Roland mocked his supposedly ultimate achievement.

• Roland teased Kanzaki Kaori about spending Blue Dream Company funds on Index’s desserts and discussed Kuroko Shirai’s recent dealings with him.
• Roland told Kanzaki Kaori that a magic-side enemy had infiltrated Academy City and that he had come to handle the threat.
• Roland identified the intruder as a National-Level Alchemy Mage, and Aureolus Izzard appeared, claiming he had come to save Index.
• Kanzaki Kaori explained that Index had already been freed from the Church’s control, but Aureolus rejected her account and insisted that only he could save Index.
• Aureolus transformed the surrounding ground into liquid gold and boasted about his alchemy, while Roland mocked him for not creating gold with his bare hands.

Roland created an enormous wave of gold to mock Aureolus and then withstood his Golden Great Evolution Technique, revealing that Aureolus could not affect someone whose nature he could not imagine. Aureolus attacked again with a horde of phantoms, but Roland made them vanish, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Roland conjured a vast quantity of gold, humiliating Aureolus and drawing Index’s admiration.
• Aureolus became enraged at Roland’s intimacy with Index and used his Golden Great Evolution Technique to attack him.
• Index explained the principles behind Aureolus’s magic, while Roland emerged from the explosion unharmed and criticized Aureolus’s poor aptitude.
• Aureolus summoned a torrent of vengeful spirits and evil phantoms against Roland.
• Roland imagined the phantoms away, destroying them with a single command.

Roland defeated Aureolus and killed him after Aureolus’s attacks failed to overcome Marble Phantasm. Agnese Sanctis then revealed that the Roman Orthodox Church had used Aureolus as bait to create a pretext for war, and declared a crusade against the Blue Dream Company.

• Roland dispelled Aureolus’s Phantom Tide with Marble Phantasm and explained that his imagination could alter reality.
• Aureolus tried to destroy the world around Roland, but Roland shattered the collapsing fantasy and killed Aureolus with a single gesture.
• Kanzaki Kaori asked Roland whether they should notify the organization’s executives, and he warned that the Roman Orthodox Church’s attack was not over.
• Agnese Sanctis emerged with the Gregorian Choir’s Thirteen Knight Corps and revealed that Aureolus’s death would serve as a pretext for war.
• Agnese announced that the Roman Orthodox Church had begun a crusade against the Blue Dream Company and its members.

Agnes unleashed the Roman Orthodox Church’s weapons against Roland, first with the Gregorian Choir and Angel Cross, then with a Magic Formula amplified by two billion believers. Roland stopped her attack effortlessly and dismissed the combined power as too insignificant, leaving Agnes and the Church’s forces unable to challenge him.

• Kanzaki Kaori remained loyal to Blue Dream Company as Roland confronted Agnes and offered her a chance to surrender.
• Agnes summoned the Gregorian Choir’s divine spear, and Roland caught it in his palm while recognizing the Angel Cross’s power.
• Agnes activated Fish of the Last Supper, combining its two-billion-believer amplification with the Angel Cross to form a radiant longsword.
• Agnes charged Roland through a cage of flashes, but Roland stopped her blade with the Light of the Heart and called the power too insignificant.