CERTAIN MAGICAL INDEX NT SC NOVEL (2025)

After bringing an end to World War III, Touma Kamijou disappears from the world. Both sides-magic and science-take the time to rest and regroup. While Accelerator spends his days with Last Order and Misaka Worst, Shiage Hamazura uses the secrets he gained in Russia as a bargaining chip and returns to Academy City to reform Team ITEM. It seems like peace is here at last. That is, until a new group called the Freshmen arrive...?

As the dust settles from their encounter with the Freshman, Touma Kamijou, Shiage Hamazura, and Accelerator finally cross paths in Academy City. It won't be long before these three find themselves with yet another challenge on their hands-explaining what the heck they've been doing to everyone who was worried about them! The boys have survived more than one scrape with death but it's anyone's guess if they'll live through this...

Gremlin, a belligerent organization merging magic and science that formed after WWIII, is operating behind the scenes in Hawaii. Under the guidance of Leivinia, leader of Dawn-Colored Sunlight, Touma Kamijou, Mikoto Misaka, Accelerator, Shiage Hamazura, Misaka Worst, and Umidori Kuroyoru head to America's 50th state. But no sooner do they land at New Honolulu International Airport than Gremlin springs a surprise attack on them. Fortunately for Kamijou and company, one man has already clued into Gremlin's schemes and is trying to take them down himself-Roberto Katze, the President of the United States!

In the fallout of the attack on Hawaii, the twenty-seven partner corporations that broke away from Academy City announce that they will be hosting 'Natural Selector,' a combat tournament in Eastern Europe. By holding the event, the Anti-Academy City faction hopes to prove the existence of powers that surpass psychic abilities, thereby destroying the identity of Academy City. With the help of Gremlin, an organization that merges magic and science, their scheme gets underway. Will Academy City be able to stop them before it's too late???

Hot on the heels of the crisis in Baggage City, Touma Kamijou returns to Academy City to find the entire student population scrambling to finish preparing for the Ichihanaran Festival, a cultural celebration of massive proportions where schools can attract prospective students. Though Kamijou wants nothing more than to reunite with Index and Mikoto and to go back to his everyday routine, his hopes of returning to normalcy are dashed when one of his most powerful foes appears before him. A few shocking revelations later, Kamijou winds up joining forces with Thor, Gremlin's combat specialist, to rescue a woman with mysterious powers from Academy City custody before the rest of Gremlin-and Ollerus's faction-can get their hands on her. But with so many antagonistic parties in the mix, does Kamijou have any chance of avoiding manipulation again