Toma arrives at the Tokiwadai dorms, where he is reluctantly greeted by Kuroko, who decides to let him wait for Mikoto return. When the Dorm Supervisor comes by for an inspection, Kuroko is forced to hide Toma under Mikoto's bed due to his Imagine Breaker negating her teleportation. There, he finds the details concerning the Level 6 Shift project stuffed inside a teddy bear, learning that Misaka 10032's experiment is next. Toma follows a trail of windmills to a bridge where he eventually finds Mikoto and confronts her about the experiments. With all her other efforts failed, Mikoto feels convinced that the only way to stop the experiments now is to let herself be killed by Accelerator to prove she doesn't live up to Tree Diagram's expectations. However, Toma, feeling her way won't save anyone, decides to stand in her way, refusing to fight back or even defend himself from Mikoto's lightning. Mikoto's emotions soon build up into a large shockwave that Toma takes the full brunt of, helping her to see his resolve. After regaining consciousnesses and being greeted by a tearful Mikoto, Toma comes up with his own idea; that if he, a Level 0, can defeat the Level 5 Accelerator in a fight and prove him to be actually weak, the entire basis for the experiments would fall apart. Despite Mikoto's objection, Toma heads off to where Misaka 10032's experiment is being held.