A Certain Magical Index II Episode 9 English Dubbed Episode Title:Pursuit Inhibited (Route Disturb).Episode Description:Tōma, Stiyl and Tsuchimikado chase Oriana through a bus station filled with booby traps, but she manages to escape and uses a counter magic called Shorthand to avoid being traced. Despite Tōma's objections, Stiyl and Tsuchimikado undergo a painful magical spell in order to locate Shorthand, which happens to be right in the center of a middle school ball toss competition. With the competitors in danger of being hurt by the spell if they touch it, Tōma and Tsuchimikado infiltrate the match as contestants in order to find it, only to find the opposing team is Mikoto's school. Tōma tries to protect Mikoto from one of the basket poles which he believes has Shorthand, only for Seiri to end up touching the real one, getting hit by magic and falling unconscious before Tōma destroys the spell. As Seiri is taken to the hospital, Tōma vows to make Oriana pay for what she did.