Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:GT Volume4 Chapter1 (section)

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'''R&C Occultics Magic Attack Theory

Proposer: Index

A theory suggesting the disappearance of 30 million in Los Angeles was a largescale magic attack by R&C Occultics.

A magician was discovered using sand for long-distance attacks. The magic had the power to slice through reinforced concrete.

But not even Grimoire Library Index was able to fully analyze the magic being used.



'''Academy City Poison Gas Attack Theory

Proposer: Othinus

A theory suggesting the LA disappearances were to hide all traces of Academy City attacking the city with an unknown chemical weapon in their haste to show results. The theory assumes all corpses have already been collected, R&C Occultics was already destroyed, and Academy City has safely left the infected area.



'''R&C Occultics Drone Weapon Hijacking Theory

Proposer: Othinus

A theory suggesting Academy City’s unmanned weapons and military datalink were hijacked by R&C Occultics and the joint unit was wiped out by Academy City’s drone weapons. This theory would imply R&C Occultics has survived.

This theory can coexist with the aforementioned poison gas attack theory.



'''Anti-Sand Weatherstripping Theory

Proposer: Kamijou Touma

A theory suggesting the duct tape weatherstripping on the doors and windows was used to oppose the sand magic.

A non-Anglican (and thus presumably R&C Occultics) magician attacked Kamijou’s group with a largescale sand spell. The attack was powerful enough to slice through buildings and a pool, but Kanzaki proved there were no bloodstains in the Academy City base using a tannin-based spell.



'''Multiple R&C Occultics Magicians Theory

Proposer: Stiyl Magnus

A theory suggesting R&C Occultics has more than just the sand magician working to protect their HQ building and something other than the sand magic was used to disappear the 30 million. But Stiyl has found no way of concluding how many there are or what kind of spells they use.



'''Anti-Cold Weatherstripping Theory

Proposer: Kamijou Touma

A theory suggesting the door and window weatherstripping is to keep the minus-20 weather out of the heated buildings.

This theory says nothing about the missing LA residents.



'''Los Angeles Mass Suicide Theory

Proposer: Othinus

Derived from the aforementioned Anti-Cold Weatherstripping Theory. A theory suggesting the LA residents sealed up the buildings to keep out the cold and keep in the warmth, inadvertently killing themselves with carbon monoxide poisoning.

This theory explains the deaths of the LA citizens, but not the disappearance of their bodies.

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