Man, screw this!
"What are the prerequisites for the ESP Card Experiment?"
What makes you think a Level 0 like me would know that?
Imagine Breaker...
This mysterious power that resides in my right hand...
It can nullify any sort of supernatural power by mere touch.
However, this amazing power is useless when it comes to completing my summer homework.
As if that weren't enough, Misaka Mikoto forced me to go on a "date" with her,
during which, an Aztec magician attacked us,
and it all went downhill from there.
Thanks to all of that...
I've barely done any of my homework.
I see!
Magical-powered Kanami is using plastic to recreate the Lotus Staff and the elemental parts of Ether!
This Japanese style is just amazing!
Hello, Index-san?
I'm okay with you watching TV, but could you at least turn down the volume?
Touma won't play with me at all!
Huh?
That's why I have to rely on the world of TV for entertainment!
Damn it, why do you have to increase my workload when I have no time?!
Wait, what?
Where did that printout I was working on go?
What about my classical literature questions?
And what about my math workbook?!
Oh, Touma!
Oh, did you find it?!
It's past three.
Huh?
I want a snack!
Such misfortune...
Index Librorum Prohibitorum.
The List of Prohibited Books...
UTW & Mazui Presents
Toaru Majutsu no Index
yubi de hajiku koin mitsumeta
I watched the coin as I flicked it from my finger
omote nara go ura wa stay
Heads means go, tails means stay
mazu kotae wo kikasete
But first, let me hear your answer
douka oshiete kuremasen ka
"Could you please tell me?"
tenshi wa misadameru egao no mama
The angels kept their smiles while judging us
mayoe sono te wo hiku mono nado inai
Lose your path! No one will hold your hand along the way
kami ga kudasu sono kotae wa fukou datta
The answer God gave was unfortunate
sou sore koso kami kara no okurimono
Yes, that is what God's gift is
norikoetara miete kuru sa dakara ima sugu
You'll see once you overcome it, so for now...
No buts!
The Last Day August 31st
Boy, it sure was hard to find this printout in that pile of manga.
Hey, Touma, aren't I awesome?
Aren't I?
Don't you have something to say to me?
Well, don't you?
So... what do you want?
I should be rewarded for all my hard work!
Basically, I just wanna eat.
Didn't you just eat both our shares of pudding?!
That looks good!
Huh?
Hirayama Rami's Five Hour Cooking
Soybean Richness How to Make a Tofu Salisbury Steak
Today, we'll be making a Tofu Salisbury Steak in under five hours!
Didn't I already tell you that I don't have that kind of time?!
It's already past five... meaning there are only seven more hours left in the day...
Even if I pull an all nighter, there'll be less than fifteen hours before I have to go to school!
During which, I nee—
Touma.
It's not good to force yourself into a corner.
The more irritated you become, the less you'll be able to focus.
Don't push yourself too hard.
I don't want to hear that from you!
So it's here...
String of the Wind Demon!
String of Destruction!
It's not here...
I have a bad feeling about something...
Hey, Touma!
Can I order anything I want?
Well, what do you want?
I want... the most expensive dish on the menu!
Alright, then. 2,000 yen worth of raw eggs.
Touma!
Index and I, Kamijou Touma, went to a family restaurant for a change of scenery.
I decided to tackle the rest of my summer homework, but...
Sorry for the wa—
So it's there...
Off to the battlefield.
My report on the theory of ability development...
Um... I'll bring something to clean it up right away!
B-But Touma, you can still read the characters,
so you can still use it to copy your work onto another page!
I wrote three pages worth, too...
Isn't it a good thing that you can go over the whole thing while you're at it?
I declare the Curse of Battle Initiation.
String of Demon Termination!
You bastard...
What the hell do you—
I'm over here.
This result was certainly unexpected.
However, the fewer deaths, the better.
If you surrender right now, I will not hurt you.
All I need is—
M-My homework...
became... confetti...
Hey, you! This is your fault, so you fix it!
You're doing my homework for me!
Like hell I am.
Okay, then.
Kamijou-san will just have to use a bit more violence today...
Wait, what?
Let me cut to the chase.
I do not wish to engage in child's play.
What do you want?
What are you going to do to Index?!
You should already know.
That is, if you do know that herein lies the list of 103,000 prohibited books.
Are you a magician?
Yes, I am.
String of the Ghost Horse!
Goddamn it, wait!
There's something small and soft!
Is that you, Index?
W-What was that?
Damn, he got me.
Excuse me, sir?
I didn't give her a cell phone for something like this, but...
She probably can't answer...
Damn!
Where do I even begin looking?
H-Hey!
Hey, where are you going, Sphinx?!
Wait up!
A hotel?
Is Index there?
She's over there, Sphinx?!
There?!
Index!
You bastard!
Do you not feel any gratitude at all towards your owner?!
Wasn't it Index who picked you from the streets?!
Come on, we're going to go look for her.
Impressive.
You were able to undo two knots in such a short amount of time.
Ropes are but a mere form of torture unique to Japan.
It will take more than this to make me speak!
I think I already said my aim wasn't to torture you.
All I want is to obtain one of the many grimoires inside of you.
Now...
I'll need to cast an amplification field.
That damned magician...
What's he going to do to Index?
Damn it! Where should I look?!
S-Sorry about that!
Hey! What are you doing here?!
Good grief.
You always seem to be running off somewhere.
You should at least let me know if you're okay.
Oh, that's right. I never gave you my cell phone number, did I?
H-Huh?!
Sheesh. It's always the same with you.
Stop messing around!
Wait, what?
Why do you look like you're about to cry?
I'm seriously in a hurry!
With homework and kidnappings and family restaurant mayhem!
So, what the hell do you want?
Oh, well, uh...
It's... just...
I got upset because you weren't talking to me...
It's not like I wanted to talk to you or anything, but...
Not like... I wanted to talk to you, but...
Sorry!
Hey! Are you seriously going to just take off?!
I'm talking to you!
Is this a Kagura dance stage?
It's not as big as that.
It's closer to the size of a Bon Odori stage.
So you're going to use this to possess me or something?
Not at all.
I cast this field to slightly amplify the power of this.
The Azusa Bow?
It's used in Japanese Shinto ceremonies.
Amazing... your knowledge even covers our culture.
This used to have just enough power to shock one's soul, thus rectifying warping.
Index? Hey, Index. Can you hear me? Where are you?!
However, if certain conditions are met...
I can use this to elaborately read one's soul.
That's right.
I can even force myself to the 103,000 grimoires that hide deep within your heart.
Y-You can't!
Don't you know what would happen if someone else were to touch one of the grimoires?
Of course I do.
I know very well what will happen.
What was that?
Isn't that the hotel I went to earlier?!
Shit!
That's Houbokushi.
A grimoire used in Chinese culture that allows one to become an enlightened immortal.
The Chinese alchemy in it allows one to create a potion capable of curing any disease.
I thought I could do anything if I became a magician...
I refused to give up because of a curse, thus I swore to become a magician.
At the very least... not for this...!
A woman was dying due to some unknown curse.
She was a helpless and worthless person who could only smile in the face of imminent death.
Being unable to save such a worthless person isn't about what I can do or whether I'm giving up!
I can't give up the dream I've been chasing after for such a worthless woman!
It's definitely not for that worthless woman.
It's definitely not because of that worthless woman!
You're wrong!
I know.
Your Azusa Bow's strength has become so amplified that I can see what's in your heart.
That's why I know... that you loved her.
That's why you wanted to save her, even if it'd cost you your life.
You had to hurt others and commit sins in order to save her.
But you didn't want to place the blame on her.
That's why you can't die here!
Don't rely on this unclean grimoire!
Touma!
Touma! Touma!
Sheesh. You really made me worry.
Touma, I'm hungry!
I'll let you drink all the water you can handle later.
Touma!
Was I wrong?
The thought of protecting someone even if it meant risking my life...
Is that really wrong?!
Of course it is!
You already know the pain of losing someone dear.
The pain of seeing someone suffer, getting hurt...
But being unable to do anything...
You know the pain of being powerless, don't you?
You probably panicked...
You probably couldn't take it...
You probably suffered...
You probably felt pain...
You were probably scared...
You probably started shaking...
You probably screamed...
And you probably cried...
But that's wrong!
You can't place such a heavy shock on someone else!
Goddamn it...
Just by reading one book...
I suppose it's impossible for someone as insignificant as me to obtain even one prohibited book.
My life is filled with failure...
I've already given up three times...
But even so... there was but one thing that I couldn't give up on.
Just one, but...
Why are you wrapping up the story all by yourself?
That was for my summer homework.
Seriously.
Because of you, there's no way I can finish my homework now.
So, where's that "important person" of yours?
What?
I'm saying we can still do something...
even without the use of prohibited books.
Didn't you see what my right hand can do?
I'm no magician, so I don't know what curses are exactly.
But I'm sure my right hand will instantly dispel any curse.
T-Th-That's ridiculous!
I don't really understand it either.
But that's what my right hand does.
So...
Take us to where she is.
We'll save that important person of yours.
And for that, we'll need your help.
That's why you'll have to lend us a hand.
Don't you want to save her with your own hands?
Good grief...
Being pulled around by magic, curses, and all these other random occurrences.
So let's go destroy all of those pathetic illusions!
karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara
Because I can change even entwined fates
subete wa kono te no naka ni aru
Everything is in my hand
dare ni mo makenai chikara ga koko ni nai nara
If I do not have an undefeatable power
imagine nante kowashite shimaeba ii
I'll simply destroy the illusion
harimeguru system back up install wa OK
The backup installation of the extended system is OK
kami sae mo shirienai fiirudo ga hiraku
And the field even God does not know of expands
juuman no deeta mo isshun no mirakuru sae
For the hundred thousand pieces of data
and instantaneous miracles
suisoku fukanou na ikiteru katachi dakara
Are unpredictable living bodies
In a magic world exciting time and space there's no limit
In a magic world, there's no limit to exciting time and space
dareka wo mamoreru chikara ga hoshii
I want the power to protect someone
karamatta unmei mo kaete ikeru kara
Because I can change even entwined fates
subete wa kono te no naka ni aru
Everything is in my hand
Have you... no idea...
who... you just... attacked?!
I can't believe the Knights of England are already down.
Have you come to stop me?
No one told me to stop you.
I also have my own work to do.
Is that an order from the Church of England or Academy City?
Who knows?
Well, if you were to think about it, I think you'd figure it out.
Rather, you'd know immediately if you think about who I'm a spy for.
I'm leaving.
I won't stop you if you wish to inform the higher-ups.
Is that so?
Then I'll clean up these folks.
Thank you.
So, why did come here all the way from England?
Who knows?
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Index has suddenly been kidnapped,
and something big is happening just outside of Academy City.
What are the true intentions of the group after Orsola Aquinas?
Next time: "The Book of the Law."
When science and magic cross, the story begins!