"It's been two years, and the last time I came to this hill, I remember it was two years ago." Looking at the small hill in front of him, Estes sighed. Thinking about the way he ran back into the car two years ago because he couldn't face Wen Li, now Estes feels very ashamed. Estes doesn't think he's the kind of person who escapes reality, but, two years ago, he did. A few months ago, in Dabris, Estes had escaped again. Once because of shame, once because of my father. And this time...... "Let's go to Wen Li's house to see them after finishing work"

Today, Estes is here for no other purpose than for the Edward brothers.

Because according to Estes's understanding, the alchemy level of the Edward brothers has reached the level of a teacher.

It's already time to solicit it for the use of the state.

"Captain, aren't you going to see Wen Li?"

Seeing that as soon as the captain arrived in Lisenbull, he went straight to Edward's house instead of looking for Wen Li and the others, and the red pupils who came with him were a little puzzled.

“…… I was afraid to meet them. ”

Thinking of the painful Wen Li at the fire station, Estes is still a little ashamed.

Although more than two years have passed, Estes still can't let go of that incident.

Passed away important things, promises and victories. That pain and frustration.

It was an important lesson in the life of the proud Estes.

The sting made her not fade away even after so long.

"Don't talk about that, let's go find them quickly, we'll go back after today's errands."

With that, Estes took the red pupils and the others to Edward's house.

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"Ed, Al, are you there?"

When he arrived at Edward's house, Estes walked in very casually without even knocking on the door.

According to what she knew about the two brothers, it was estimated that they were working in the fields or attending school at this time.

It's basically impossible to be at home.

The house of love never locks the door, because there is nothing of value in the house except books.

Estes could walk directly from the foyer to their study, where they really lived.

"Captain, there's something going on in this room."

However, as soon as they entered the study, the red pupils and black pupils, who had been very sensitive to the smell of blood for a long time, instantly caught the smell of blood that had almost disappeared and deteriorated from the air.

In fact, they don't need to remind them. Just look at the big pool of blood on the ground.

I understand that something is going on here.

Edward: Something must have happened.

"Red Hitomi, go check the situation."

Judging by the bloodstains, it has been a few days, and judging by the amount of bleeding, it seems that it is not fatal.

Now the question is...... What the hell is going on.

"About three days ago, three days ago during the day......

Walking over to the bloodstain and crouching down on one knee, Red Hitomi began to extract the information needed from the scene using her years of murder experience and her superb knowledge of the human body, blood, and dissecting the science of anatomy and her transcendent intuition.

"Three days ago in the afternoon."

Rubbing up a little blood and sniffing it, the red pupil gave the exact time.

"Here, this corner of the refining array ......"

Pointing to the subtle traces in the corner of an alchemy array, according to these clues, the red pupil began to quickly restore the scene at that time.

"A little boy of twelve or thirteen years old kneels here, and the other kneels here......"

……………………

"Brother, after refining the formation and painting, we can almost start"

"Well, after so much time, it's finally time to start ......"

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"There are traces of a pair of children's palms touching the ground here and here, judging from the position of their legs and palms, they are launching a refining formation, and the specific content is ...... It's not clear at the moment. ”

Red Hitomi is proficient in this kind of tracking scene, but knows nothing about alchemy.

"The refining of the human body, the refining they carry out is the forbidden refining of the human body."

Flipping through the list of human elements and related books placed next to him, Estes immediately understood their plan.

In addition, the very clean family photo and the gentle mother's smile that have been placed on the table......

"And the characters should be their mothers."

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"Brother, what do you say we should say first when we meet our mother?"

"Of course, it's 'Mom, welcome back'~"

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"After the alchemy was launched, the first thing that happened was the boy on the left."

Black Hitomi joins in

"Almost at the same time, the boy on the right also had a problem with his left foot."

The two sisters looked at each other

"Disappeared"*2

The truth was revealed in unison

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"Al! Alphonse! Damn it! Taken away! ”

After the formation was activated, black tentacles stretched out from the formation and pulled Alvons into the gate, and one of Edward's legs was also handed over as a price.

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"The bleeding was caused by the disappearance of the boy's thigh on the right side. The boy on the left disappeared entirely, and there was no bloodshed. ”

"The boy seemed to be angry, slammed his fist on the ground, splashed some blood, and made marks on the ground."

Estes walked into the middle of the formation and saw the discordant traces of scattered flesh and wriggling.

"And here, a ...... appeared"

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"Mom! Mom! ”

But even then, Edward longed for his mother's resurrection, longing to hear his mother's long-lost voice when he was most desperate and painful.

"Kaza...... Squeak......"

But the smoke cleared, and in the center of the formation, he exchanged his legs and his younger brother for ...... But it's just a puddle......

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"It's not a human being."

After paying such a high price and putting in so much effort, what I got was not at all what I wanted and desired.

This despair, this despair and pain and wavering when he is full of self-confidence, Estes has also had it.

Although the failure was incomplete, she finally understood this feeling.

And the remnants of the child who lost a leg......

"It was a complete and absolute blow to him...... What happened after that? ”

Estes wondered what had happened to the last child.

She can't tell the specific reason now, but she just wants to know

She crawled to the bookshelf...... Over here. ”

Pointing to the bloodstain on the ground, Red Pupil continued.

"There should be a very large armor here, which hasn't been touched in a long time, and there are traces of dust forming around the armor."

Estes remembers, too. The last place where the blood trail rested, and where the child last arrived, there used to be a very large armor, and Estes had lived in Edward's house for a few days, and remembered the layout of this place.

"And then somehow, there was a new trail of blood here, judging from the location, it should be the position of the young man's right arm, and his right arm disappeared for some reason."

In areas that he is not familiar with, Red Hitomi never talks casually.

"After that, this armor suddenly moved, judging from the armor's stamping marks on the ground, there should be no one in it, but the armor is indeed alive."

"Sister, don't you say that you are mistaken, there are no organs and matchmakers here, how can the armor move by itself?"

Although she is very confident in her sister's ability to reason, Black Hitomi still doesn't believe in the fact that the armor walks on its own.

"No, it's possible. Words that are explained by the refining of the human body. ”

Only this time Estes noticed that Edward didn't draw the formation. It was just two bloodied hands pressed to the ground.

"Can you launch alchemy without refining into a formation, Captain?"

"There's an example right before your eyes."

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"Come back! Give my brother Al back! Damn it! ”

Even though he was covered in blood, even if his mother did not return, even if he lost a leg, even if he was so desperate, Edward still refused to give up his last family and hope for his brother.

"Come back!"

The blood sigil is engraved on the inside of the armor.

With his hands folded and with the determination of his own, Edward launched the alchemy array again.

"That's my only brother!"

In order to save his brother, it doesn't matter if he loses anything, even if it's his right hand.

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"Then, Armor carried him out the back door, and it shouldn't be slow."

Red Hitomi opened the back door and saw some traces of blood dripping on the ground between the roads, and walked along the path into the distance.

"Passed in the direction of the Rockbell Mansion."

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