Mikoto recalls in a dream of how, when she was younger, she was approached by scientists wanting to use her DNA map to help cure Duchenne muscular dystrophy. After punishing Kuroko for sleeping on her bed, Kuroko tries to take Mikoto through an alleyway to get to the mall, only to find it filled with people. They discover this is due to someone hiding envelopes containing cash cards within the alleyways, piquing people's curiosity to search for them. After running into Ruiko, who is also on the hunt for the money cards, Mikoto overhears some SkillOuts who have managed to locate the source of the envelopes and decides to follow them. Meanwhile, Ruiko grows curious as she had allegedly seen Mikoto at the mall, despite Mikoto never actually getting there, with Mii explaining to Kazari about a rumor of there being clones of a Level 5. The SkillOuts eventually trace the envelopes back to a girl, a Nagatenjouki Academy student, and demanding she hand over the other envelopes. Things get tense, however, when it appears the SkillOuts are getting killed off one by one, which the girl claims to have an ability called "Critical" that allows her freely kill anyone she's touched. By the time Mikoto arrives on the scene, the girl has managed to defeat the SkillOuts, who are actually outcold as she used their fear of death against them to knocked them out with a paper fan and a hidden anesthetic needle on her palm. The girl recognizes Mikoto, referring to her as 'the original'.