Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 14/Chapter 2

Synopsis
The encounter between Kamijou Touma and Kamisato Kakeru is immediately interrupted by mysterious beings, one is black whose appearance resembles molten rubber and the other is red and looks similarly to a rotten piece of carpet. The boys' focus switches to eluding the two unusual beings as the latter show lethal aggression against each other.

Touma parts ways with Kamisato, and Othinus begins questioning whether the two creatures are an entirely different enemy or something called forth by Kamisato. Regardless, Touma decides to retrace his steps to the place where he separated from Kakeru despite complaints from Othinus. There, as well as seeing the goods he bought earlier go in the hands of a family of stray cats, Touma finds pieces of the red creature on the sidewalk there the fight broke out, as well as a larger piece covering none other than Leivinia Birdway.

Meanwhile, Kakeru, while speaking to a girl on the phone, has finished dealing with the black creature from earlier. This girl is a part of the Kamisato Faction, a group that opposes the Magic Gods and has infiltrated Academy City for some time already. After sending out a sample of the creature via a handmade drone to the girl on the other end of the line, Kamisato investigates the black creature's remains. There, in a larger clump, he finds a girl that he later identifies as Patricia Birdway.

Characters
By order of appearance
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Kamisato Kakeru
 * Othinus
 * Leivinia Birdway
 * Patricia Birdway

Quotes

 * Touma: "I know I’m being naïve, being inconsistent, and getting my priorities backwards, but I won’t be able to sleep tonight if I don’t check. It would be no laughing matter if I was saved while he was captured and devoured." Othinus: "You’re aware how foolish it is, yet you’re still going back!? How am I supposed to control this idiot!?"