Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20/Epilogue

Synopsis
The Pope is unconscious and hospitalized after being defeated by Fiamma, and another priest is reporting to him the current situation. The others in charge of the Roman Catholic Church (henceforth the RCC) submitted to Fiamma, either afraid of his power or planning to gain power from this conflict. They are also planning to hold a election for a new Pope soon. Then a nun rushed in to report the citizens of Rome had enough of supporting this war and are starting a revolution, which the priest says they must be stopped since they have no chance against the Vatican and will die meaninglessly. The priest lamented, saying if the Pope was awake then maybe things will turn out better.

The Pope woke up soon after that, and after seeing the various tragedy this war have produced on TV he was contacted by Vassilisa via magic. She asked him what is he going to do, and since she is currently fighting the Russian Orthodox Church (Henceforth ROC) so she cannot help him or stop the war. The Pope said he'll do whatever it takes to stop this, since that was the agreement he had with 'a certain mercenary'. The Pope then jumped out of the windows of his room and headed towards a political battlefield.

Bishop Nikolai, an opportunist in ROC that's supporting Fiamma in order to gain power, is communicating with Fiamma and they plan to modify Sasha Kreutzev so they can summon Archangel Gabriel in order to fight back against Academy City. Fiamma ends the conversation saying it's time for the joyous 'Bethlehem' plan.

Academy City released the information they have on the Kremlin Report to the fighters attacking Japan, in order to convince the soldiers Russia is the villain here. Apparently the Kremlin Report is something that sacrifices the lives of normal citizens in Russia but can give the military incredible power.

The Maiden of Versailes is fighting with Carrisa, and Carrisa tells her the info she has on the Kremlin Report. Carrisa says France have little to gain to stay in alliance with RCC, and her current goal is stopping the Kremlin Report. She offers the Maiden a chance to decide whether she will allow something as terrible as the Kremlin Report be unleashed onto Russia's citizens.

Mugino is in Academy City's District 23, onboard a HsB-02 ready to go to Russia and hunt down Shiage. Meanwhile Misaka Mikoto attacked the HsB-02 ready to depart and capture Kamijou Touma, telling the pilot to follow the original plan and just head to Russia even with her onboard, unless he wants to feel beyond imaginable pain and death. The professionals armed with the latest technology onboard were already defeated by Mikoto.

Aiwass is talking with Kazakiri Hyouka, telling her that Archangel Gabriel, or a better description is 'Misha Kruezhev' due to a mix-up in essence, is going to descend soon and then there will be many innocents dead, and Kazakiri should go and restrain Misha. Aiwass doesn't feel like going him/her/itself since that's no fun. Aiwass says he/she/itself can control the Misaka Network even without Last Order, since the SISTER clones have agreed to help, and he/she/it can expand the AIM field in Academy City all the way into Russia. Kazakiri agrees on one condition, that is for Aiwass to not go after Index. Aiwass replies Index will only be targeted if she interests him/her/it. Kazakiri then said if Aiwass does go after Index then she'll stop him/her/it, even if it means destroying them both. Aiwass smiled and then called her threat naive, since that statement just might perk his/her/its interest.

The battlefront between Russia and Academy City sees Fuse=KAZAKIRI flys past them, holding a sword of light that is filled with her will to fight. From her eyes it can be seen Hyouka in the 'Fuse=KAZAKIRI' mode is conscious and in full control, as opposed to the last time under the programming of the virus. A fight between the Angels of Magic and Science is about to commence.

Touma has left behind his uncertainty in his fight with Accelerator, saying even if he's a scum that lies the only one that can make him bow down in shame is Index, not Fiamma.

Laura Stuart plans to use the controller she still have controlling Index to stop Fiamma's, even if it means it'll bring greater mental stress on Index. Stiyl refuses to allow that to happen, and is willing to kill Laura to prevent that. Laura activated it anyway, saying she'll give Stiyl a chance to help Index himself, and if he fails she'll intervene with the controller no matter what. Stiyl cursed Laura and then faced Index Librorum Prohibitum controlled by a badly damaged John's Pen, trying to stop the wrath of someone that has 103,000 grimoires.

Volume 20 ends here.

Characters
By order of appearance
 * Matthai Reese
 * Vasilisa (voice-only)
 * Fiamma of the Right
 * Ekalielya A. Pronskaya
 * Carissa
 * Maiden of Versailles
 * Mugino Shizuri
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Aiwass
 * Kazakiri Hyouka
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Lessar
 * Stiyl Magnus
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Laura Stuart

New Characters

 * Nikolai Tolstoy (voice-only)