During the August Deadlock incident, Kamijou Touma suffered a fatal injury while protecting Shokuhou Misaki. Shokuhou used Mental Out to forcefully save his life. The operation succeeded, but in the final moment before her ability ran out, Misaki's deepest, unspoken desire to protect Touma and keep him from dying left an imprint of pure emotional fixation that Imagine Breaker could not erase. This fixation resonated with Touma's subconscious wish to use his ability more effectively, awakening the dormant power of the Divine Purging Demon within the very essence of his soul.
