Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20

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371 pages

ISBN 4048683937

ISBN 978-4048683937

Published 10 March 2010

Contains chapters:
 * Prologue: 火薬が鼻につく天空 Shooting_Game.
 * Chapter 1: 善と悪、各々の入国 World_War_III.
 * Chapter 2: 侵攻と逆襲の幕開け Angel_Stalker.
 * Chapter 3: 疑念の壁と対峙せよ Great_Complex.
 * Chapter 4: ここからが反撃の時 Heroes_Congregate.
 * Epilogue: Battle Report

Summary
October 18th.

Russia declared the beginning of the 3rd world war.

The conflict between Academy City and Russia will expand to the level where it will involve all other nations. The ones behind the scenes manipulating it all are the last member of ‘God’s Right Seat’ and the bearer of the "Holy Right", Fiamma, and the man who watches and plans in secrecy, unknown to the rest of the world, Aleister Crowley.

In the fires of the world war, there is a group of people that runs to and fro. A high school student of Academy City, Kamijou Touma, aiming to free an unconscious Index from the grasp of Fiamma after the incident of fighting over an artifact in England. The strongest esper, Accelerator, aiming to save Last Order, who’s in a critical condition after the mysterious appearance of the entity ‘Aiwass’. Originally a lackey for the group ITEM, Hamazura Shiage, aiming to save Takitsubo Rikou who is physically weakened after she overdosed herself on the ‘powder’ that boosted her abilities.

The three of them holding three different thoughts, three different paths that should never meet, converge in Russia. And what awaits them there is…

Vol.20 summary (for info not covered by the chapter summaries yet)

The two goes and meet leader of country of Elizalina, which recently became independent from Russia and meet Vent and Sasha who is running away from Faimma. When they finally explain everything Suddenly, Fiamma shows up and fighting them, and show the power of his “Holy Right”, His holy right can vaporize or destroy anything it touch creating a 30-40 meters sword that teleport very fast and pop out in front of them. Fiamma tried to chop them down with it before Touma block and took time to erase all. During the fight, Vent realizes the weakness of Fiamma being despite being so strong he had a fatal flaw. But Fiamma uses index remote control to win. Sasha is taken by Fiamma after the battle. The other who defeated except Touma stay to heal their wounds.

France and England are having war at the Dover Straits.

Accelerator, who is carrying Last Order, going to Russia to find Index, lands in Russia -Academy City battlefield. Accelerator ends up fighting Russian mages and power suits and the new clone, Misaka Worst, shows up. Her mission is to eliminate Last Order who became obstacle for Aleister plans. Accel's hesitant to take MW down in fear of killing her, because he doesn’t want to kill any clone anymore. So he gets knocked around and beaten, he then tries to hack her brain and reformat her suddenly MW actives her suicidal mode if she being beaten or failed to accomplish its mission (according to crowley's plan). He lost all logic and reasoning when he awakened, he saw Touma, who accidentally passing by. Touma didn't notice LO lying on the ground then Accel charged him. Touma has no choice and starts fighting him.