Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 108

Intention (思惑) is the 108th chapter of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun manga series, released on September 27th 2018 in Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh.

Synopsis
On the same night of Uiharu's disappearance, Kuroko and Saten begin asking the residents of her dormitory building about their friend's whereabouts. Kuroko discovers that none of the residents have any clue as to what happened, and Saten learns that Anti-Skill cannot respond to the case without any proof that an abduction had happened. Mikoto eventually finds a lead by hacking a camera. With the help of the camera's footage, she indicates a single recreational vehicle (RV) heading east and prepares to catch up to it. Mikoto agrees to bring along Saten to the pursuit and tells Kuroko to go on ahead of her. The Teleporter eventually spots the suspect vehicle along School District 18.

Kimi's group is onboard their escape vehicle, driven by three accomplices. Raifu notes the relative ease in capturing Uiharu, but Tsurigane warns her that their current situation is where they should stay alert. As Kimi assures her accomplices that they can "go anywhere" after the job, Tsurigane senses a pursuant landing on their roof. A clash immediately happens between Kuroko and Tsurigane, notifying the former that she has found the actual escape vehicle. Kuroko is forced to teleport away when she found her needle strikes missing on Tsurigane, believing that she dodged her teleport.

The escape vehicle is suddenly attached by lengths of barbed wire, bringing the vehicle into a screeching halt. As Tsurigane asks the accomplices to find another escape vehicle, Kimi confronts Mikoto, who was the one who crippled their means of escape. Upon being asked to set Uiharu free, Kimi clarifies that her winnings are not their objective; instead, they want her skills in hacking to perform a task for them. When Mikoto refused to back down, Kimi shows her the dragon under her control, a creature that was all too familiar to the Electromaster.

Mikoto immediately formed a massive humanoid construct out of iron sand to fight Kimi's dragon, but she was dumbstruck when this was turned into salt in an instant, making her vulnerable to the dragon's approach towards her. In the nick of time, Kuroko manages to teleport out Mikoto from harm's way, especially as the Electromaster lost consciousness shortly during the aftermath of the clash with Kimi.

As Mikoto regains her wits, Kuroko watches as two vehicles leave the vicinity, one of which is heading to School District 11. Kuroko voices her concern about the idea of bringing someone out from Academy City using its largest land-based entrance, while Mikoto deems it necessary to continue the chase. Then, to enable the two girls from Tokiwadai to do so, Saten decides to be left behind. There, she deliberately lies to the responding Anti-Skill that she is the cause of the damage in the area.

Major Events

 * Mikoto, Kuroko and Saten begin their pursuit of Kimi's escape vehicle after determining its whereabouts by hacking nearby cameras.
 * After a brief clash, Kimi and her group successfully secure Uiharu Kazari, foiling Mikoto's attempt to rescue her. The group soon continues towards School District 11.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Shirai Kuroko
 * Saten Ruiko
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Uiharu Kazari
 * Raifu
 * Tsurigane
 * Kimi
 * Kamijou Touma

New Characters

 * Kimi's three female accomplices

Abilities

 * Electromaster (Railgun-variant) - Misaka Mikoto, Level 5
 * Teleport - Shirai Kuroko, Level 4
 * AIM Watcher - Tsurigane Saryou, Level 3 (implied)
 * Angel Dragon - Kimi, Kamijou Touma

Locations

 * Academy City
 * Uiharu Residence

New Locations

 * School District 18
 * School District 11

Referbacks

 * Mikoto recalls that the dragon Kimi has is Touma's dragon after his right arm was cut off, but remembers that dragon specifically, the "angel" dragon.

Cultural References

 * OVIS is likely a parody of, an American car rental company. They also have international offices in Japan.