Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22/Chapter 10

Synopsis
Sasha  runs through the Star of Bethlehem after being split up from Touma by Fiamma's earlier attack, studying her surroundings in an attempt to strike back at the massive temple. Although she is no match for Fiamma in a straight fight, she plans to sabotage his plan through indirect methods. In the middle of her thoughts however, Lessar pops out from behind a pillar, causing her to swing a crowbar out of shock. Lessar blocks the attack with her Steel Glove and explains how she was leading the Russian Orthodox magicians to the emergency escape pods up until now. She then offers Sasha one of the pods in exchange for a promise to help out the United Kingdom in a time of need, but Sasha tells her she will not be leaving yet until she manages to finish her sabotage. Lessar then asks for details regarding her plan, annoying Sasha into refusing to answer. Lessar then rebukes her with an offer of chewing gum, causing Sasha to be even more annoyed than before. Then in the middle of their run, Sasha bears witness to Touma's right arm being severed at the shoulder by Fiamma's blade of light.

Adapted To

 * Anime: Toaru Majutsu no Index III Episode 24
 * Manga: N/A

Characters
By order of appearance
 * Sasha Kreutzev
 * Lessar
 * Vasilisa
 * Fiamma of the Right
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Nikolai Tolstoy
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Misaka 10777

Locations

 * Russia
 * Star of Bethlehem

Cultural References

 * When Telesma is brought down from the heavens, Fiamma of the Right compares the process to "when a certain Christian holy woman who was forcibly thrown into a brothel, that brothel had turned into a shining place for sermons" and "when a different holy woman was thrown into a cold and dirty prison while injured, the entire space had overflowed with the shining power of the angels making it like a pure spring and the woman’s injuries were kindly healed." Both are references to the martyrs of and  respectively.