Kamisato Kakeru talks to Ellen on the phone about the aftermath of the clash with Kamijou Touma. In the end, Kakeru was able to overcome the Imagine Breaker in that last exchange. However, something else left him a bloody mess, something that appeared as soon as he tried to exile Touma's right hand. Kakeru is soon confronted by Kihara Noukan, armed with the Anti-Art Attachment that was deployed for a "normal high school student" only because of his intervention. Unlike before, Kakeru's temper is worsened by the fact that the faction had helped him understand that the entire problem with the Sample Shoggoth had been planned by Academy City to eliminate him, and the thought of facing another mastermind brings Kakeru to discard his heroics to crush Noukan's offensive. Meanwhile, Noukan unders