If science is really that washed then I'll be dammed. Touma's main thing is breaking their realities/cancel. But for him and maybe a few others to be comparable to magic? pretty sad tbh. It should be even, even if said higher ups may be ignorant to magic. Science should have ways to work around that.
Anyway chapter wise I'm glad were finally going to Russia with how the manga is maybe Fimma won't feel as "eh" to me as he did in the anime, power and just general feel of the guy.