After researching material on synesthesia, as well as using the knowledge on how to tune brainwaves from Kihara Gensei, she creates a sound file to stimulate the brain and alter its brainwaves, she also creates a treatment program for it. Harumi still determined to help the children requested 12 times for the use of Tree Diagram to perform a calculation but is denied permission every time, however she discovers the incredible computational powers of that the Misaka Network provided due to the 20,000 minds of the Misaka clones and opts to create her own. She became determined to find a way to cure the children and wake them up from their slumber. Harumi was horrified by what had happened to her students, which caused her to quit her job at the institute she was working at. During the experiment, the esper abilities of the Child Errors were purposely overloaded (as planned by Kihara Gensei), and as a result, the children were injured and put into comatose states. As the experiment went on, she grew close to the students that she taught. The creator of the Level Upper is Kiyama Harumi, an AIM researcher and previously among those in charge of teaching Child Errors as a part of the experiment she was participating in. The AIM Burst also causes painful convulsions to the unconscious users when it occurs, it is described as being tormented by a terrible dream and can only be cured by using the Level Upper treatment program. Also, the one controlling the network is also capable of accessing all the abilities of the users who are connected to the network.įinally, when the controller of the network loses control of it, the consciousness of its users will form an entity made out of their AIM diffusions on the spot where the network lost control, this phenomenon is called an AIM Burst. Using the Level Upper causes the user to be put in a comatose state, as apparently, all those who are part of the network lose control of it. Those who have the same powers, share the same experiences, allowing them to use their powers more efficiently. This allows the esper to temporarily raise their level.
Those who use the Level Upper connect to the Level Upper Network, they gain powers not because of the fact that they have used the Level Upper, but because other espers are present in the network. It is presumed that she uses the calculating abilities of the espers in the network, the same way Accelerator uses the calculation abilities of the Misaka Network, directly using their brains. Due to her being the one with the one whose brainwave patterns are being mimicked, she becomes the administrator of the network, which allows her to use all powers of the espers in the network.
This is due to the fact that she wants to create a brainwave network, that she will use for its calculating abilities, using the AIM diffusion fields of the espers as a common protocol in order for each brain to connect and become a network. Using the Level Upper alters the brainwaves of the espers, through the stimulation of all five senses using synesthesia, to the pattern to that of Kiyama Harumi. Illustration on how the Level Upper Network works. The name "Level Upper" comes from the video game term level up, where a video game character gains a level and becomes stronger.