Holy Mother Veneration.The battle between Kanzaki and Acqua continues, however it soon becomes apparent that Acqua possess more raw power. Meanwhile Tōma, having regained consciousness sneaks out of hospital to go and aid the Amakusa against Acqua. En route to where the fight is taking place, he runs into Misaka, who reveals that she knows about his amnesia, Tōma declines her offer of help and leaves to go the sight of the battle. Meanwhile, Acqua continues to overpower Kanzaki, until the other members of Amakusa jump into battle to aid her. Kanzaki reveals that she has discovered Acqua's weakness, by stacking both the power of the Divine Mother and that of a Saint, he is extremely vulnerable to spells that target those with powers of a Saint. As such this means that "Saint Destroyer" is his one true weakness as it targets those with Saint powers, whilst normal Saints would be rendered immobile, in the case of Acqua it would cause the power of the Divine Mother to run rampant causing his body to self-destruct. Itsuwa realizes the reason "Saint Destroyer" failed earlier is that Acqua prepared a defensive spell specifically to counter it. Realizing his weakness has been discovered Acqua prepares to launch a powerful attack to defeat the Amakusa. However, just as the attack is about to hit, Tōma arrives and manages to cancel out the attack with his right hand, thereby creating an opening which allows the Amakusa to defeat Acqua with "Saint Destroyer". Back in the Vatican, the Pope becomes aware of Acqua's defeat and soon after he is approached by Fiamma of the Right, the leader of God's Right Seat. Fiamma tells the Pope that he has no interest in targeting Academy City and that his true goal is to obtain Index to increase his own power, even at the cost of plunging Europe into conflict. Realising Fiamma's true intentions the Pope attempts to subdue Fiamma, but he is easily bested with Fiamma's power, "The Holy Right". Fiamma then departs for England, whilst the injured Pope asks Vento to pursue Fiamma.

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