Kamijou Touma wakes up in a hospital bed in the frog-faced doctor's hospital and finds Itsuwa, who was watching over him as he was recovering. Touma's body is too fatigued to even move, and his memories from his escape in the hospital to the moment he blindsided Acqua of the Back was hazy. However, he was psyched for defeating someone like Acqua with the help of the Amakusas. Touma then finds the urge to return to school, but was pinned down by Itsuwa to keep himself from pushing his body too hard. Index catches the two, and Touma is forced to deal with Index's pressing questions.