Touma and Motoharu tries to intercept Oriana. Isn't bus bombing a terrorist activity? Hot girls like to play hard to get, and Oriana is no exception. Summary: With Oriana's counter spell tag removed, Stiyl can use magic again, and he using the tracking spell to located Oriana and gives the info to Touma and Motoharu. Touma and Motoharu catch up to Oriana who tries to escape via bus, but Stiyl has left runes on all the buses and detonates the rune since no one else was on the bus. Oriana survives and uses a spell to incapacitate Motoharu, and Touma is unable to dispel the attack and thus has to face Oriana on his own. After Touma gives his hero speech, Oriana uses one new spell after another to toss Touma around and also whacks Touma with the object she is carrying, but Touma uses his tried and true method of running straight at the opponent and manages to punch Oriana in the face, causing her shirt to unbutton. Oriana is down but not out, and she quickly escapes to a bridge above but leaves the object she was carrying behind. Before running away, Oriana tells Touma that her spell on Motoharu is only temporary. Touma increases his "girls punched" total to 3. Bet you really want some ice cream right now. After the battle, Touma phones Stiyl who tells Touma to destroy the Stab Sword Oriana is supposedly transporting. Touma unwraps the object Oriana was carrying and discovers that it's just a sign. Back at England, the Royal Museum informs Laura that the Stab Sword doesn't actually exist, and the sword object is actually an artifact called Pietro's Cross. Back in Academy City, Stiyl explains to Touma and Motoharu that Pietro's Cross can put Academy City under the control of the Roman Catholics, and that would upset the balance of magic and science so Oriana must be stopped. Touma wanders off on his own thinking about things and is spotted by Index. Index tries to show off her cheerleader outfit to Touma, but Touma doesn't quite get it and ends up earning several knuckle sandwiches from Index. Since biting can lead to accidental kisses, using fists is a better idea. See there Mikoto. If you can develop a demonic aura then Touma will be under your control. Elsewhere in the city, Touma's parents run into Misuzu Misaka again and Misuzu introduces Mikoto and Touma's parents to each other. The two families agree to have lunch together, and during the conversation Touma's dad is bumped into by Oriana who has changed to a different outfit. Later, Touma and Index meet up with Touma's parents along with Misuzu and Mikoto at a restaurant. Mikoto and Index almost end up having a catfight, and Touma and Index are surprised that Misuzu is actually Mikoto's mother. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Touma fights Oriana and punches in the face as expected, but the story arc isn't quite over yet. The battle between Touma and Oriana was decent enough and Oriana was handling Touma quite well by hitting him from different directions. Unfortunately, the ending to the battle was not too as good as Oriana just screwed up and went for a passive/reactive type of spell which allowed Touma to run in and punch her in the face. Touma was rather careless after landing the hit and just let Oriana get back up and whisk herself out of reach. Touma has a good punch, but he should have known by now that most people don't get knocked out by just one shot (the only person I remember who was KOed with just one punch was Stiyl). The truth about Oriana and her employer's mission has been revealed, but strangely Touma is now back to dealing with his family and female companions instead of helping Stiyl and Motoharu stop Oriana. The stuff between Touma and Index was so-so, but it was kind of fun once Mikoto and Misuzu were added to the mix. I loved Mikoto commented "like father like son" after seeing Touma's dad ogle Oriana, and it's funny because her observation is completely correct even though she didn't see Touma's initial run-in with Oriana. The preview for next week looks rather offbeat with Aisa appearing, Komoe talking to Stiyl and getting dirty, and Kuroko trying to run Touma down with her wheelchair. Motoharu will fight Oriana, but he is probably going to have an even harder time given he has no Imagine Breaker to bail him out. From the feed of A Product of Wasted Time
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