Toma stops and successfully destroys Sherry's golem with Imagine Breaker. When she summons another one, Toma coordinates with the Anti-skills to put her on the defensive. However, when Sherry suddenly decides to flee, Toma realizes that her target is not Hyoka specifically but anyone valuable enough to trigger a war between Necessarius and Academy City, including himself and Index- now Sherry's intended target. Hyoka, acknowledging how she came into being, chooses to save Index and escapes the underground mall without Toma. Meanwhile, Index separates from Mikoto in order to pursue a runaway Sphinx and is attacked by Golem Ellis. Though Index is able to hold her own against Ellis by interfering with its remote-control mechanism, the tables are turned against her when it is switched to automated control and she is about to be crushed when something unexpected happens.