Talk:Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22/@comment-79.52.137.111-20190225205137/@comment-173.79.40.252-20190302161010

@everyone doubting that Accel reaching Level 6 at this point, common misconception that I wanted to refute. The misconception is for what Aleister intends/intended to do with him as part of the plan. People seem to think Aleister intends to make a trinity out of Kazakiri, Last Order, and Accelerator, but this is wrong. In OT13, Aleister says that while he could do that, it wouldn't be enough. He states his intent for Accelerator to attain Level 6 (doesn't really say anything about the Misaka Network already having allowed this) and to link him with Imagine Breaker somehow, and in NT18 she mentions Imagine Breaker and Accelerator being needed to contact Aiwass' core.

though given the ambiguous state of the plan, i'm not sure whether or not this makes a difference at this point. If Toaru is renewed for another series, I can deffeinitely see a Level 6+ Shift becoming a future plot point, but i'm not sure how relevant it is now. It'd be a bit out of the blue, but Kamachi has a penchant for the unexpected, so it's a bit myopic to jump the gun. Plus, NT focused heavily on the outward extensive structure of Magic, be it the mechanics, the phases, or the deities. If a new series is a thing, I can definitely see (and really hope) it focusing on the inward intensive structure of Science, with Aleister's plan, the Pure World and Artificial Heaven, and Aiwass and Level 6 focused upon. Maybe Aleister's no longer relevant, but it seems (s)he intended for her to succeed regardless of whether (s)he lived or died.

One way or another, it's unlikely that Railgun will be the one to focus on it as well, since a) it's a spin-off, b) Accelerator has protagonist status in the main series, c) an apotheosis like that, tied to perhaps the biggest goal of Academy City higher-ups, especially involving a member of the Kamijou Faction, would definitely warrant his attention, and d) Level 6 as a concept is inherently tied to Accelerator's role and narrative as a character in Index, as he is the most viable candidate. Kakine claims his status as the "spare plan", but Aleister is surely not big enough an idiot to treat these two as mutually exchangable, at least not without alterations.