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Originally Posted by shmaster
What Birdway did is certainly immoral, but what Touma suggested is something far more irresponsible. And in the end, he is angry NOT because Birdway didn't provide the best solution, but he is angry because Birdway didn't offer a solution that make him feels good about it. He become fixated on demanding a response from Birdway that can satisfy him that he has completely forgotten his original point on saving people.
Trying all other options first? Do you know Gremlin's operation already started? That progress has already been made at Hawaii? You are asking for other options when immediate counter measure is necessary?
Birdway's manipulation of events in Hawaii actually reduced the casualty by bringing someone there to stop Gremlin. Really, compare to two cities getting burned up, it is a pretty good trade from the entire US caught in a coup d'état and becoming a theocracy controlled by vengeful magicians.
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You make it sound like NT1-2 didn't happen, what with Birdway picking Touma up after WW3 >.> During that time if Birdway had asked for his help at that time then Touma's plan could have succeeded, this was before Hawaii happening. If he skipped coming back to AC and headed straight off to Hawaii or set a trap with Touma as bait to confront Othinus and Gremlin then there's a very good chance no cities had to be involved; all the assorted combat monsters here in AC for this volume could have been duking it out in some wasteland or another in their full glory.
Sure, Touma would have been in deeper $@#% after he got back to AC having missed helping out in the Cultural Festival, make Index more worried, and Mikoto probably have done something rash like bailed out on the festival and started travelling Russia/Europe to look for signs of Touma, but he probably could have lived with that AND it would mean Othinus won't succeed.
tl;dr - you're getting your timeline wrong. Touma's plan is actually feasible, just a matter of when Birdway asks; after he got back to AC, then too late, a few hours after fishing up Touma though is more than enough time.