Ines

Ines (イネス) is a minor character who appeared in Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2. She was introduced as a girl from a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil who once met Misaka Tabigake while he was on a business trip.

Background
Ines is first described as a young girl with a Latin face and light brown skin. When they first met, Misaka Tabigake mentioned that her age reminded him of his daughter. She had mentioned that she had no education and that her family was very poor. Due to her circumstances, she had come to the belief that there was no hope and that it was impossible for her to do anything as the rich had taken away everything. After speaking with Misaka Tabigake her world view had changed and she decided that she herself should take action to change the world. She became determined to break the barrier between the rich and poor of Brazil.

Volume SS2: The First Friday of April
While in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Misaka Tabigake encountered a young Ines. He found her in a slum of Rio de Janeiro shrouded in darkness, ready to commit a murder-suicide through killing a debt collector to help out her family. Tabigake attempts to convince her that there are other possibilities. He mentions how he was requested to clear out the illegally dumped trash within the slum. She, however, tells him that it would be impossible to do so. He points out to her how the slum they are in is like its own world filled with the illegally dumped electronic trash and asks her what it lacks. She realizes it is money to which he acknowledges.

Less then a year later, Ines was interviewed by a reporter in a high class hotel where it is revealed that she had gone into the business of collecting rare metals inside electronic trash. Starting off with no tools and only with her two hands, she had managed to collect metals to exchange for money. She then used the money to buy tools which she used to collect more rare metals from the trash. Eventually this expanded into a thriving business for her. Due to her efforts, she was set to receive a commendation from the Minister of the Environment and illegal dumping of trash had decreased by 70% all across Brazil. At the end of the interview, the reporter mentions how she had changed the flow of the world by spreading the idea that trash can be made into money. This comment causes her to recall Misaka Tabigake and what he had talked to her about. Ines recalls what he had said, "What is it that world lacks?", and comments how he is likely fighting the world even now as that is what he said his job was.