The eighth arc of A Certain Magical Index, consisting of volume 8 of the light novels, chapters 58-65 of the manga, and episodes 6-7 of the anime's second season.
- A Day in the Limelight: For Kuroko Shirai.
- Always Someone Better: Kuroko meets Awaki Musujime, who has teleportation abilities superior to hers in every way except speed.
- And then Awaki learns that even being the deadliest level 4 esper in the world amounts to nothing when up against Accelerator.
- Arc Villain: Musujime Awaki
- Dramatic Irony: Mikoto worries about Accelerator killing the Sisters again if Tree Diagram were rebuilt, unaware that he's a good guy now.
- The Greatest Story Never Told:
- Accelerator defeats Awaki and destroys the Remnant, and nobody knows of this besides Last Order.
- Touma's defeat of Accelerator was not recorded in history and is not public knowledge.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Mikoto never told Kuroko and Touma never told Index about the Sisters and the Level 6 Shift experiment.
- Magic Feather: Awaki shines her flashlight where she wants to teleport things to help her concentrate.
- Nonchalant Dodge: Awaki dodges Kuroko's needles by backing up about a foot.
- Stepping Stones in the Sky: Touma runs up using the debris from Mikoto's Railgun.
- Superpower Meltdown: Awaki has a brief one when she is upset by Kuroko's words.
- Tele-Frag: Awaki once teleported herself into a wall. She and Kuroko teleport needles and a corkscrew into each other. A gun and spoon get merged together.
- Teleportation Sickness: Awaki feels sick and tired when she teleports herself.
- We Can Rule Together: Awaki offers Kuroko this. She refuses.
