Because of Toma's interference with the Level 6 experiment, Komoe sends Toma (with Index tagging along) off to a beachside hotel until things calm down with Academy City's superiors. Toma is anxious about the trip, as his parents will be coming to see him for the first time since his memories were destroyed, but is relieved to see his father, Touya. However, when his cousin Otohime looks like Mikoto and his mother, Shiina, resembles Index, Toma is convinced they are playing a trick on him. He becomes increasingly confused when he sees the towns people and people on TV appearances have been changed, even some to those he knew and he apparently is the only one who notices the difference. When Toma encounters a strange blonde girl and believes she is one of his past acquaintances, she holds a saw to his neck until Tsuchimikado and Kaori arrive and explain that Toma is not responsible for a spell known as "Angel Fall". The girl, Misha Kruezhev, a magician from Annihilatus of the Russian Orthodox Church, and the group explain to Toma that, because he was unaffected, he is at the center of Angel Fall, which has changed everyone's appearances and can be ended only by defeating the caster or destroying the ritual site. When Toma demands to know why Tsuchimikado is involved with magic and knows about Toma's powers, the latter calmly responds that he is a spy for Necessarius.