Kuroko's day of shopping with Mikoto is interrupted by reports by her partner, Kazari Uiharu, about robbers stealing an aerospace carrycase. Kuroko subdues the thieves but is then attacked and wounded by their leader, another teleporter named Awaki Musujime. She reveals to Kuroko about Tree Diagram's destruction and how various factions are gathering of its remnants, the contents of the carrycase being one of them. Kuroko manages to escape, but becomes concerned over what Awaki had told her, particularly concerning how Mikoto had been trying to stop them for reasons she had kept from her, (namely being that if Tree Diagram were rebuilt, the Level 6 Shift experiment would start over again). As Mikoto goes out that night to confront Awaki, Kuroko decides to follow her and overhears their conversation before Awaki escapes. As Kuroko decides to take matters into her own hands, Misaka 10032 decides to take action.