Ichihanaran Festival Arc

The Ichihanaran Festival Arc is a major ongoing story arc introduced Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index. The events of the arc begins the day before the Ichihanaransai, in mid-November.

It deals with the conflict surrounding the GREMLIN, lead by Othinus, and a group of incredibly powerful magicians, lead by Ollerus, centered around the mysterious being named Fräulein Kreutune who resided in the Windowless Building, the final ingredient in Othinus' plan in creating Gungnir and forever distorting the world. Moreover, it also deals with the reaction of Academy City, and the conflict that arose after Kakine Teitoku returns and joins the foray.

Fräulein Kreutune

 * Main article:Fräulein Kreutune

Fräulein Kreutune is a mysterious being that has not been "dyed," as Thor put it, by the colors of magic of science. She is apparently immortal, having existed for hundreds of years, and is apparently invulnerable to conventional methods of damage, as she has survived every attempt on her life that the witch hunts and inquisitions of the Middle Ages have dealt upon her. She is a being whose very existence revolves around "learning", and that after acquiring enough information, she will transform, which reverses the position of predator and prey, and become a threat to Aleister Crowley's plans. As such, her existence is that of her being infinitely curious in order to absorb information. She is imprisoned inside the Windowless Building, with its impentreable Calculate Fortress, in total silence and darkness as a means to prevent her from being curious.

Aftermath of the supression of Baggage City
After the supression and surrender of Baggage City, Kamijou Touma is somehow returned to Academy City, most likely through the efforts of Ollerus and Fiamma of the Right, while he was still unconscious after being defeated by Othinus. Meanwhile, Kumokawa Maria somehow arrives in Academy City as well.

Meanwhile, the general populace of Academy City is presumed to have some knowledge regarding the events of Baggage City. Kihara Yuiitsu also returns to Academy City after making a deal with one of the leaders of Natural Selector, ending the clonflict in Baggage City.

GREMLIN
With nearly all the requirements needed to complete Gungnir acquired, Othinus sets her sights on Academy City, specifically, the base of Aleister Crowley, the Windowless Building. Othinus wants her because she has yet to be stained by magic and science, and the fact that due to her invulnerability and immortality, she can apparently survive any modifications Othinus will put her through, in order for her to turn her into holistic esper.

Othinus gathers her forces, including Marian Slingeneyer, Mjölnir, and combat specialist Thor, inside Academy City to retrieve Fräulein Kretune and most likely, fight against Ollerus' group and Academy City if necessary. Their main hideout is in the Bright Stare Hotel.

Ollerus
Ollerus, Silvia, and Fiamma of the Right, join forces with Brunhild Eiktobel and Leivinia Birdway, in order to oppose Othinus and GREMLIN's plans. Despite being fully capable of doing it, Ollerus' group forgo on stopping GREMLIN in reaching Academy City or Japan in the first place, for reasons unknown. Because of this, Academy City becomes the primary battlefield for the two groups of extremely powerful magicians.

Other parties
Cendrillon, a member of GREMLIN that was betrayed during the invasion of Hawaii, and was turned into a table, until the end of the supression of Baggage City, returns to exact vengeance on GREMLIN. After being turned back by Ollerus, she gains the power to reconstruct herself. With this, she somehow is able to separate the parts and fluids of her body into ingredients and mailed herself into Academy City, probably addressed to Hamazura Shiage, who was part of the group that opposed them back in Hawaii. It is unknown how she planned to reconstruct her body via having someone use the ingredients to "cook" her up.

Meanwhile, after the mutilation of Kakine Teitoku, the 2nd ranked Level 5, at the hands of Accelerator in October 9 of the current year of the timeline, his remains, specifically his brain, was kept in Dark Legacy, to force him to produce Dark Matter. This resulted in the creation of Dark Matter based technology such as the Equ.DarkMatter and Kihara Byouri's implants. Apparently, at some point in time after being mutilated, Teitoku was moved to a facility in School District 3, and there, slowly reformed all of his body using Dark Matter.

Kamijou Touma
Touma awakens in a station, not knowing how he got there and back in Academy City. While he ponders what had happened in Baggage City, and regarding Fiamma of the Right and Ollerus, he hears footsteps, and as he turns around, he discovers that it is of his classmate Fukiyose Seiri. Here, she is carrying supplies for the Ichihanaransai. After Touma had the nerve to ask what she is doing at the station where he is left off, Seiri attacks him with one of her bags, reminding him that he is the one who has the skipped the preparations for the festival. Seiri later uses the duct tape in her bag to subdue Touma and carry him back to school telling him that they are short handed, much to his remonstrations as Touma wants to see Index in their dorm. However, she ignores him.

She is apparently uncaring of Touma's well-being as she dragged him in the streets and later shoves him into their classroom, declaring him as a fugitive, before moving to her own station. Here, Tsukuyomi Komoe tells Touma that his absences has reached the point in which homework and supplementary lessons can't cover it. She asks Touma if there are any problems he is facing that may be the reason for his absences, and later asks why he is so beat up. Although, Touma could only give half-hearted replies. He is later reunited with Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Aogami Pierce, and predictably get into an argument regarding perverted cultural festival events, necessitating for Seiri to intervene.

Hamazura Shiage
Meanwhile, Hamazura Shiage and Takitsubo Rikou, take Fremea Seivelun to the Hero's Cave for a dentist appointment. Later, with Rikou, they accompany Fremea back to their dorm before going home. While Rikou tells him that they need money for some detergent, Shiage laments on how there is no sex appeal to her attitude. His lamentations ends when Rikou finally says that Fremea is gone, much to his irritation. Shiage and Rikou scramble in town trying to find the missing Fremea, after learning she did not return to her dormitory in School District 13.

Kamijou Touma and Ollerus
With everything settling down, Touma is later told by Seiri that she'll need him to stay over tonight, much to Touma's dismay as he still wants to go back to his dormitory and see Index. Seiri then instructs him to buy some food for them, and gives him money for it. With his cart, Touma tries to do what Seiri told him to do, that is, until he notices Ollerus. He notes to Touma on how it took so long for Touma to sense him, noting that he lost a bet with Fiamma of the Right, and says that he wants to talk about the Imagine Breaker to him, but Touma ignores him much to his surprise, as he still intends to deliver the food that Seiri has tasked him to do.

After giving the food to Seiri, Touma manages to get some time to talk with Ollerus. With Ollerus having Touma's undivided attention, he tells Touma what a Majin is and the limitations it has on Othinus. He tells Touma that Othinuns wants to get around the limitation of being a Majin by recreating the Spear of the All-Father, Gungnir, and enumerates the various parts of Othinus' plan that have been successfully carried out towards that goal. Ollerus states that Othinus plan includes the distortion of the world beyond recognition, in order to reverse the outcome of the science side winning the War, and seeing as the Imagine Breaker acts like a reference point to the original state of the world before becoming distorted, it is an obvious threat to Othinus and GREMLIN's plans, which Ollerus states is an organization whose main goal is to grant Othinus' "selfish wishes".

Kamijou Touma and Thor
Meanwhile, Thor leaves their meeting with Marian Slingeneyer and Mjölnir, the former, still listless after the death and reformation into an Einherjar of Bersi. After giving instructions to Marian on not doing any pre-emptive attacks or making of "materials" for battle, and looks for Touma. He later transforms as Misaka Mikoto using his magic in order to get close to him.

With Touma, he ponders on what Ollerus. Here, he begins to show his anxiety and worry regarding the inevnitable future of conflict, as he himself has witnessed the terror that had engulfed Hawaii and Baggage City, as well as on how he can protect everyone from the mass violence that will happen. Touma then meets Mikoto again. Instead of attacking him with her electric powers, she hits him with her fists, and tells Touma on how she got stood up and abandoned in Hawaii. Touma asks her if it was right to place a friend in a position where they are likely to bear the full brunt of an attack from the people that were involved in Hawaii. However, the Mikoto before him, reveals his trued identity, Thor of GREMLIN, and attacks using electric arcs that cuts through the turbine behind Touma. Thor is impressed by Touma learning how to dodge instead of just defending using his right hand. Touma has realized that he is not Mikoto due to his action of hitting him with his fist instead of what Mikoto usually does, which is to attack him with electricity. After some swift movements, Touma manages to grab hold of Thor and demand to know who he is. As Thor's disguise breaks apart, Thor tells Touma who he is and that GREMLIN is already in the city.

Touma is treated by Thor to a snack, much to his surprise, where he discusses to him how he knows about Mikoto, and how he has the power to change his form into that of girls. More importantly, Thor discusses with him about the latter's discussion with Ollerus a while back. He tells Touma that he knows that he is afraid of being made to fight according to someone else's wishes such as with Leivinia Birdway during Hawaii or Kihara Kagun in Baggage City. Thor tells Touma that just because Ollerus opposes them doesn't mean he is wholly good, moreover, tells Touma that someone who uses violence to resolve a problem should not be completely referred to as good and just, a statement that hits Touma completely. Thor tells Touma that Ollerus did not come alone to Academy City, and states that he had brought along Silvia, Fiamma of the Right, Brunhild Eiktobel, and Leivinia Birdway, all extremely powerful beings, and with the likelyhood that they will clash GREMLIN, makes Academy City the primary battlefield, something that Ollerus' group could have avoided by preventing GREMLIN from reaching Academy City or Japan in the first place. Thor bluntly tells Touma that it is because they are using Academy City to carry out their objectives. Touma however, begins to doubt Thor after he explains on how Thor really doesn't know Ollerus true intentions, as well as that of Othinus. Thor tells Touma that he never said that he should trust him, and just tells him not to rely on too much information from just one side. Thor tells Touma that the both of them will fight eventually, and that he would like to fight him with no reservations, but he wants the situation surrounding him to be solved beforehand. Thor say that both Ollerus and Othinus are fighting over something similar, and says that he happens to know of a way to dumbfound of them, which involves rescue.

Kamijou Touma vs. Thor
After thinking for a while, Touma says that he cannot possibly trust Thor because he has nothing to substantiate what he said. Thor sighs, and mocks Touma's misgivings. Thor assaults Touma, shoving his head down on the table they were eating on as witnesses gather round their scuffle. Thor then throws Touma off, slamming into tables. Thor continues to mock Touma's doubts as he kicks him around, saying that a girl named Fräulein Kreutune is being imprisoned. That simple fact should normally be enough for Touma to save her. He tells Touma that he has survived for so long in a world full of experts is because he always acted on his desire to save someone whether succeeded or not, and that if he loses that his fist will only become a tool for his own selfish desires. As Thor tries to kick Touma again, he blocks it, and tells Thor to shut up. Touma tells him of his hesitation, and blames him and his group for starting this nonsense in the first place. Thor however, does not buy into Touma's excuses and continues to kick him. He tells Touma not everyone in GREMLIN supported what Othinus has done, and that he dislikes Othinus methods, as such, it is the reason why he has betrayed GREMLIN for this mission. He tells Touma that he was better when he was still reaching his hand to help any girl he saw, despite being tricked by everyone around him. As Touma stands, he tells Thor that he doesn't know how many people were caught in the little wars they have fought in Hawaii and Baggage City, and states that there is nothing wrong with being cautious. Thor however, replies that hesitation doesn't make the best decisions, and attacks Touma with his electric arc blades, noting that if that is how he acts, to abandon someone because of his fears, then he is a true villian. However, Touma easily dispatches the electric arc blades. Touma tells Thor that he doesn't have any kind overarching plan as well, then slams his knee into Thor's guts. As Touma continues to beat Thor, he continues to beat into his head that he is sick of trying to save someone and causing more suffering as a result. But Thor turns the tables around, and starts beating Touma, and continues lecturing him. The fight continues to a brawl, with no side overpowering the other. In a lull, Thor asks Touma if he wants to help or not, to which he states that if Fräulein is really suffering, but tells him that he will crush Thor if he ends up using him for his own ends. Thor tells him to do as he pleases, and says that he is taking action tonight, and that he doesn't care what he does as long as he ends up saving Fräulein Kreutune. He leaves after giving the rendezvous point to Touma. Touma is later arrested by Anti-Skill because of the brawl.

Mugino Shizuri and Cendrillon
Mugino Shizuri stays behind in the ITEM apartment, performing various menial tasks, specifically cooking, in order to determine the readjustments needed to carry out on her prosthetic body parts. She receives a mysterious package, and though she knew she did not order it, went along with the instructions. She she successfully "cooks up" Cendrillon. She introduces herself to Shizuri and tells her of her goals. Shizuri is unperturbed by this situation. She then asks Shizuri to make her Cinderalla dress, the basis of her magic, at which point she has exhausted Shizuri's patience after she states that whatever Shizuri is doing looks like good training for a wife, who proceeds to attack her with her Particle-Function Waveform High Speed Cannon, destroying a part of the apartment she and the rest of ITEM are staying in. Cendrillon escapes with only a towel and the instructions for sewing her dress on her person.

Cendrillon would later try to sneak into one of the schools and sew the Cinderella dress.

Attack on the Windowless Building
After Touma escapes Anti-Skill custody, Touma ends up in the area where the Windowless Building is located. He meets up with him at the rendezvous point. He tells Thor that he will betray him when he sees fit, to which Thor understands. He shows Touma some tools, which leads to Touma questioning him on how they are supposed to breakthrough impregnable Windowless Building using them, to which Thor answers by giving him instructions.

Meanwhile, the real Misaka Mikoto, who was looking for Touma after overhearing his classmates talk about on how he was arrested by Anti-Skill during her visit to his school, arrives at the area where he is located. Mikoto spotshim, and demands answers from him, such as why he is not helping his school for the Ichihanaransai, regarding on how he was arrested by Anti-Skill, and how he ended getting back to Hawaii. Touma however, believing that the Mikoto before her is still Thor, tells her to stop joking around, confusing Mikoto. Touma then demonstrates how terrible "Thor's" his disguise is and touches Mikoto's chest, ceasessly bewildering her. Touma notes on how they feel so real, to which Mikoto stutters to say that they are not pads. Tired of this nonsense, Touma leaves Mikoto and tells "him" to stop joking around and get to the rendezvous point.

Preparations
At the rendezvous point, Thor leaves Touma alone to prepare for something, as he observes the Windowless Building with the binoculars. As Touma confirms that there's no one around the area of the building, Thor has already set up remotely the truck bombs around the building. He detonates it later, though much to his concern, as Touma tells him that the explosion should be enough to shatter the glass in buildings and might injure people. Thor then tells Touma that everything went according to plan, despite the building remaining unscathed. He later sends Touma a map on where they should meet up next.

Touma later meets up with Thor, and then walks towards one of the abandoned bases of Freshmen that was made as a security blindspot for the vast surveillance system of Academy City. Although they can only use it for twenty minutes before someone investigates the blindspot. With nothing to monitor them, Thor explains the reason he used the bombs on the building; the reason being, is that he needed to figure out the discrepancies in the Windowless Buildings' Calculate Fortress' shockwave dampening abilities as there are some shockwaves that the armor cannot fully escape. It was information that was provided by Kihara Kagun whilst he still lived. After fifteen minutes of having a powerful computer that they accessed through Kagun's backdoors analyze the data Thor gathered, Thor and Touma leave the base with tools. Thor later states that they have about ten to twenty minutes to act in order to break through the Caculate Fortress and free Fräulein. With the tools readied, Touma tells Thor that they should go now, impressing Thor.

Breach in the walls
After some preparations, both Thor and Touma start to jackhammer upon the surface of the building, and much to Touma's surprise, it actually starts penetrating the Calculate Fortress. As Thor tries to replace the spike of his jackhammer after it got broken, the Four Wings have come. Thor panics as they have no longer an escape route, and that threat of being attacked has increased. Touma says that they should retreat as they cannot save Fräulein if they are killed. Thor replies that they no longer have that option once GREMLIN and Ollerus group makes their move. As they have reached an impasse, the cracks on the wall of the Windowless Building starts expanding, creating a huge perfect square shape around the wall. It collapses, and out of the shadows comes Fräulein Kreutune. Immediately after, both he and Touma are somehow struck down by her.

Other events
At the same time as Touma and Thor begin their attack on the Windowless Building, Last Order, Accelerator, and Yoshikawa Kikyou, spend the evening enjoying themselves. Kikyou prepares dinner for Last Order, who is busy playing videogames with the Misaka Network. As such, she calls out to Accelerator, since he's her guardian, much to his chagrin. Kikyou reminds Accelerator that she cannot stay like a housewife in training, to which Accelerator asks if she has found work somewhere. Kikyou says that she is still making preparations, and states that she has been invited as a special lecturer in a college of science, though it is only temporary as she wants to get back in college. Kikyou says that she wants to be a teacher, and states her enthusiasm into becoming a Student Keeper. Then, Kikyou remembers that she doesn't have green onions for the flavor of her mizutaki, to which Last Order, who was taking a break from her video game, that she would be willing to buy them. Seeing this, Kikyou tells Accelerator to go deal wit her. And as Kikyou analyzes which between Last Order and Accelerator holds the reins in their relationship, and the latter's subsequent irritated responses, they fail to notice that Last Order has stopped shouting and has gone off on her own. Kikyou then tells Accelerator to take care of it, much to his irritation.

Accelerator jumps around the city trying to look for Last Order everywhere, and forces Kikyou to help him.

Escape of Fräulein Kreutune
As Fräulein begins to move, she takes down the Four Wings that Thor and Touma previously, and begins to wander out into the City, taking in and mimicking any information and stimulus that seems interesting to her.

After coming to, Thor tells Touma that Fräulein has escaped, destroyed the Four Wings, and his views on how Fräulein's powers worked on them and on the Windowless Building. Even though Touma doesn't anything, Thor begins to mock Touma on how he wouldn't save Fräulein now after what she has done, since she is not like the other people Touma has saved. But Touma agrees with him, and says that he needs to befriend Fräulein quickly. Then, their attention is taken by the gaping hole that Fräulein has made, and they are tempted to go inside. Thor tells Touma that they will be "devoured" if they step inside, and Touma replies that he knows. Thor agrees with Touma's assertion that they need to get to Fräulein—they're top priority. Their objective is to get to Fräulein as quickly as possible as GREMLIN and Ollerus are not that stupid to have noticed the ruckus Fräulein has made.

Academy City response
Academy City is prepared to go into Code Red, indicating that the city has blocked traffic flow between the inside and the outside, as well as traffic between the districts are restricted, if ever she has both offensive and defensive capabilities. However, complicating matters is the fact that the city it is in a festive mood for Ichihanaransai, as students ignore the curfew despite being implemented. Moreover, this is compounded by blatant misformation, such as Fräulein being a spy disguised as a diplomat. Despite this, several squads of Anti-Skill beginsearching for her, as well as cover up the hole that Fräulein has made in the Windowless Building with a sheet. Fräulein is referred to as the prime suspect that destroyed the Calculate Fortress, the Four Wings, as well as suspected of targetting the Chairman, Aleister Crowley.

Later, an Anti-Skill squad under the command of Kakita, would later corner Fräulein near a takoyaki stand that was preparing for the Ichihanaransai. While Fräulein busies herself in mimicking the minder of the stand and taking in information, he and his colleagues are later told over radio that they have no jurisdiction in the area. Kakita argues with someone over the radio, after being told that they should take Fräulein to a place which has the jurisdiction. Kakita tries to argue his place, and states that the standard procedure is to take her to the nearest branch. He is then told that Fräulein is a spy, but he does not yield. He later orders Momozawa to handcuff her, and Yashiro to bring the Anti-Skill truck around. However, before Kakita can finish his instructions, Fräulein stood up and they are forced to surround her, but are later taken down.

Other events: A tale of two girls
While still being oblivious to her situation, Fremea becomes hungry but decides to keep moving on. She however, then meets up with Last Order, thinking of her as a lost child. Despite grating on each other's nerves, for both were being too prideful, Last Order accompanies Fremea. They get into a fight on who is more adult than the other, then notice an announcement regarding the famous restaurants of Academy City, and challenges each other to who is more informed by heading around to the famous restaurants of Academy City, forgetting their original intentions.

The two arrive at School District 10, where they come upon a the famous Food Stand Spire, essentially making Last Order the winner of their little bet. A caring soul offers two men to act as their bodyguards in exchange for a free boiled egg as the district can be a dangerous place. The both of them later come upon a restaurant at the top floor that uses a modified truck as a stand. It was a restaurant that offered Chinese food, which was cooked by a lone man, and was accompanied by three girls who gave off the impression that they knew nothing of the cooking or the service industry, and apparently served as body guards. Last Order asks for the usual, despite never having been there before. Last Order however, reveals that the restaurant doesn't have a menu as it only serves one thing: giant pieces of meat that seem to come straight off a manga, making her requests warranted. The cook accepts the order as long as he is paid and serves each of them a large piece of meat, which they dig into in good order despite its size.

Preparations
Thor and Touma listen on as the Anti-Skill scramble to mow down Fräulein. Thor notes after Touma asks him who GREMLIN sent with him, that GREMLIN has clearly not moved yet, and that Ollerus is probably doing the same. However, Touma says that if Thor's assumptions are correct, then they are in doubt that Fräulein has escaped, and that they can still fool them if they can send them some fake information making them think it's a trap and that they should stay away, and have them keep away from Fräulein. Thor is intrigued, and asks what they need to do. Touma says that they need to scatter some bait before they get accurate information on Fräulein Kreutune, make them think it must be a trap. Touma and Thor later dress up as firefighters in order to escape the area that is surrounded by Anti-Skill. Thor accompanies to Touma to his high school to prepare for their trap. Finally arriving at the computer laboratory, Touma and Thor set out to print some posters for some plans.

Execution
Thor calls Marian Slingeneyer to tell her to meet up with him in a plaza in front of the District 7 station in order to have more firepower in capturing Fräulein. As Marian tries to search for Thor, she discovers a poster of a bulletin board declaring her to be a dangerous person involved in Baggage City, and that she should be reported to Anti-Skill. Marian reports this to Thor as Marian scrambles away. Thor tells Marian that they can crush Academy City and Ollerus' group, but not at the same time. After Thor agrees to Marian's plan on moving to another location, it is revealed that it was all just a ruse made up by Touma, who used the bulletin boards that are used for the festival announcements for his plan, and using Thor's transformation abilities to change into Marian for the photo. Thor asks Touma if he really is going to do it with the second trap on the scout, to which Touma says that Thor should stay out of the way, as the others would get suspicious, and the fact that he is the only one capable of recovering from Fräulein Kreutune's attacks, making him the trump card. He then asks Thor to give him the water based pen as he writes something on his hadnbook and makes it appear smudged. Touma asks what if Marian is going to use her magic while running away, to which Thor replies that she probably won't as she doesn't want to cause a commotion. Touma asks what Marian might do, to which he says that Marian can likely create decorations based on Norse mythology to make the wearer's body invisible, though the user themselves will not be able to know if has actually been rendered invisible or not. But Thor reassures him that he has added some spells the moment Marian entered the plaza in order to prevent her from making herself invisible as so Touma can follow her. And with that, he takes the handbook that he smudged on purpose, and tells Thor to go ahead without him if he can't meet up with him.

Kamijou Touma and Leivinia Birdway
As Marian moves with Mjölnir to find their next hideout, she is tailed presumably unaware, by Touma. Finally, Touma notices the scout that was sent out to tail Marian Slingeneyer, Leivinia Birdway, and with that, grabs a nearby power drill, to finish his part of the plan. Touma closes down on Leivinia and aims the power drill at Leivinia's skull. With arms spread out, Leivinia is completely nonchalant regarding Touma's threats. Touma tells Leivinia not to move as he has the advantage, but Leivinia asks if he really expects that he can kill her with the drill. Leivinia then states that she never expected him to act in behalf of GREMLIN. Touma tells Leivinia that he has no idea if what he is doing is right or wrong, but says that it is at least, it is due to him thinking through things for himself. Leivinia says that he might've been tricked into doing it, to which Touma replies that she is the one who specializes in doing that, to which Leivinia falls into silence.

Leivinia is completely ignored during Touma's tirade regarding the hell that happened in Baggage City, her role in keeping damage to a minimum, and the fact that despite all she did, he still deemed it as something that is not the best answer, as Kihara Kagun died, bringing Kumokawa Maria to tears, and that she still used Baggage City to her own end. Touma then asks her how he is supposed to unconditionally trust someone who did all that. For but a moment, there was no reply from Leivinia. When she speaks, however, she coldly tells him to move the "toy" he is carrying out of her way, and that he has created a situation that he no longer has grounds that will not stop her from killing him, as he threw it away before her now.

Just then, as the tension becomes thicker, Anti-Skill arrives, and sees Touma's threatening Leivinia. One of them however, accidentally takes out his rifle and starts shooting at Touma, much to the horror of everyone present. Leivinia cradles the bloodied Touma in her arms, and tries her best to use first aid on him, not allowing the Anti-Skill to interfere anymore. As she begins to leave, she tells Anti-Skill of Touma's condition. With her bloodied clothes and hand, that she is unable to wipe since she used her handkerchief for Touma's first aid. It is shown that she has taken Touma's bait, the student handbook he had where he wrote Marian Slingeneyer's name. She calls her comrades, and tells them that Touma was won over by GREMLIN. She reports to them on how Touma is working with Marian, and the details regarding her name in the student handbook. She also tells the person on the other side of the phone that GREMLIN is based in School District 12, from the notes on Touma's handbook, and says that she wants them to crush GREMLIN using a surprise attack as it is the perfect chance to do so.Touma however, barely conscious, overhears this as he is carried out by the EMTs, satisfied that she has fallen for the bait, and that he used the unforseen arrival of Anti-Skill as the means to convice Leivinia.

Other events: An unexpected meeting
Before Touma and Thor initiate their plan in fooling Ollerus and GREMLIN, Fremea and Last Order continue their soujourn. Despite Fremea acknowledging that Last Order is more informed than her, they are both still lost, and is unable to find the way to District 7. While moving about, Fremea asks for directions from a strange woman who begins mimicking her movements, Fräulein Kreutune. For some unfathomable reason, Fräulein aids them in finding their way back into School District 7, and is successful, as Last Order recognizes an area. After being dragged along, Last Order tries to thank and her and asks her name, to which she responds that her name is Fräulein Kreutune. Last Order and Fremea wants to exchange e-mail addresses with her, but seeing as she had no cellphone, Fremea however, gave Fräulein her child buzzer to her that was originally from Hamazura Shiage and the others. Fremea tekks her that it uses GPS, and if she pulls the string, it will send her current location to the cell phone registered with it. Essentially, allowing Fremea to be notified of her whereabouts. Fremea notes that it can receive e-mails without cost from the registered cell phone. Fräulein seemed puzzled with the device, and continues to stare at it. She is interrupted by Last Order saying that they are now friends. Fräulein is confused by this, to which Fremea answers that there is no reason why they can't be friends. After analyzing the situation, Fräulein concludes that they are indeed friends.

Takedown of Fräulein Kreutune
While Fräulein ponders to herself what the term "friends," Anti-Skill surround her and uses anti-life form and anti-machine smoke bombs. The narration refers to having her eyes roll in a strange way that seemed odd for a response to violence.

The end of the tale of two girls
Last Order finds her way back to Aiho's home, and begins eating Aiho's secret stash of chocoloate, much to the relief of Kikyou and the chagrin of Accelerator, who returned to the apartment as well. Last Order explains her little sojourn with Fremea, then their eating competition, which reminds both Kikyou and Accelerator that they have yet to eat dinner. Meanwhile, despite Last Order successfully finding her way back, and having Shiage and Rikou still restlessly trying to find her, Fremea is still quite lost and is unable to find her way back to School District 13. She is rather sleepy and then decides to lay down on a bench to sleep.

Cendrillon's plans
Cendrillon has managed to successfully sew her Cinderall dress. She ponders on how Touma is being used by several people through the use of edited information in for them to use his right arm. She then makes up her mind that she will follow Touma in order to achieve her goal in getting revenge against GREMLIN.

Return of Kakine Teitoku
Kihara Yuiitsu appears in an underground complex in School District 3. Teitoku has covered the underground area with a white substance that has the texture of a silkworm cocoon, and at the center in a spherical chrysalis is Kakine's face. Yuiitsu explains the situation with Fräulein Kreutune and asks for his assistance. She understands that Kakine will likely cause chaos and destruction, but since she is a Kihara, it doesn't matter to her. Thus, Yuiitsu gives him carte blanche and lets him loose in Academy City, interested in her research between the difference of the two top ranked level 5s, Accelerator who ruled over destruction, and Teitoku who ruled over production. A comparison she finds somewhat intriguing because she felt like she could see some truth about the essence of science in that fact.

Return of Frenda Seivelun
While Shiage and Rikou are still out looking for Fremea, Shizuri and Saiai later clean up the apartment, where she tells her on how she made a person using ingredients, much to her confusion. Later, she leaves the apartment after seeing that they need water bottles. A being that that sounds and looks like Frenda appears before Shizuri after she goes out to get some water bottles. Here, the Frenda-being tells a clearly-shocked Shizuri that she is different from the last time she saw her, and that despite her coming to terms with her death, it doesn't mean that her anger should disappear.

Kamijou Touma's ruse
In the Heaven Canceller's care, Touma survives and receives an operation from him, who notes on how miraculous it is that he survived and how despite accidentally firing at Touma, the Anti-Skill still retained his training. Touma is put in he ICU, and notes that once his condition stabilizes, he will be handed over to Anti-Skill. He later leaves, leaving Touma in his room. However, Touma was conscious all along, and despite the tremendous pain, Touma escapes the hospital, bloodied, with only a few hours left before the Ichihanaransai officially begins.

Report from Reading Thoth 78
As the eve closes down, Reading Thoth 78 discusses with Aleister Crowley, who apparently accessed the AI, regarding Fräulein Kreutune. It states that Fräulein will transform after acquring enough information, though states that it will take 2,300 years for her to collect such information. However, if she consumes Last Order's brain and takes control of the Misaka Network, she can reduce 2,300 years to a mere 3 seconds. The AI notes that the time when Fräulein will acquire the properties that is needed for her to absorb powers through brain consumptions is within two hours.

Chronology: Future events
In media res, Index appears at the height of the Ichihanarasai in the afternoon, asking Touma for an explanation for what he has been doing all this time. After Touma quickly sums up his experiences, she asks him who's the girl clinging on his back is, to which Touma then tells Index of his experiences during the Ichihanaransai.