Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 06/Chapter 1

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Kumokawa Seria
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Index
 * Sphynx
 * Othinus
 * Aradia

New Characters

 * Call girl
 * Eyepatch Ghost

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 11
 * Japan
 * Tokyo
 * Shibuya

New Locations

 * Tokyo
 * Harazuku
 * Shibuya
 * Dogenzaka
 * Shibuya Scramble Crossing
 * Miyashita Ark

Cultural References

 * The god of poverty who had grown to a hellish size is a reference to "God of Poverty" (貧乏神) in "" (桃太郎電鉄), a Japanese long-running board game-style video game series.
 * Kumokawa hailed a taxi by shaking quick wave of her phone. It is a reference to taxi application "FURUKURU" (フルクル). As the name suggests, with Furu(Shake) Kuru(Come), just shake your phone, and get a taxi near you. Since the taxis in the 500 meters receive the signal, no booking charges are required.
 * Kamijou mentioned that a certain country developed an incapacitating weapon where they launched a grenade full of LSD into enemy territory. It is a reference to, the use of agents with the intention of incapacitating an adversary through the temporary induction of hallucinations or delirium. In the 1950s, Britain was investigating the possible use of LSD and the chemical BZ  as nonlethal battlefield drug-weapons. The United States eventually weaponized BZ for delivery in the M43 BZ cluster bomb until stocks were destroyed in 1989.
 * A big shrine in Harajuku is a reference to which located in a forest that covers an area of 70 hectares (170 acres).
 * Kamijou mentioned that letting your guard down for a second, someone will have you carrying a mysterious herb for them in Shibuya. It is a reference to Japanese 2021 film titled "Impulse" (衝動). It depicts a boy carrying illegal drugs who meets a girl who has lost her voice in Shibuya.
 * (紫蘇) is a culinary herb that extensively used in Japanese cuisine.