Chapter Twenty-Six: The Undercurrent of Amestoria

[PS: Haha, I ate half a roast duck, and the inspiration came again]

【Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!!】 】

Amestolis, Central City.

National Penitentiary.

"Hey, let us out! Bastard, you have the ability to fight with Uncle Ben! Ahhhh There was a chaotic thud of banging and a roar of the teenager.

In the dark and silent Central Prison, his voice was exceptionally clear, echoing throughout the cell, resounding in waves.

"Don't waste your efforts, Peanaceut." A lazy young man's voice rang out.

"Damn! Bastard Mastan, turned out to be ...... Uncle wants to teach you a good lesson! ”

"Forget it, you only have one arm left now, so let's stop."

"Yes, brother. Be careful not to hurt yourself. In the sound of the iron pieces colliding, an equally immature voice sounded, it was the younger brother of the previous boy.

"Hey, Colonel, Edward, it's all like this, can't you stop arguing!" A female voice, a little angry.

"Well, Lisa-chan has spoken, I can only honestly shut up." After the young man finished speaking, he added a sentence without changing his mind, "Douding, do you hear me, stop your boring movements, it's noisy." ”

"Ahhh "Brother, don't be impulsive, calm down!"

The younger brother, Alphonse Elric, hugged his enraged brother Edward Elric so that he would not hurt himself.

In the light of the fire, several cells were filled.

The Elric brothers, Colonel Roy Mastan, the Alchemist of the Flames, Lisa Hawkay, and the Alchemist Alex Louis Armstrong, the Alchemist of the Mighty Fist.

Edward Elric, 15 years old, known as "Steel", is a genius among the country's alchemists, but he looks a little embarrassed at the moment. His right hand and left foot were lost due to unauthorized human body refining, and he was equipped with mechanical prosthetics, but his right mechanical prosthetic was removed, and the whole person was held by a tall armor, dancing with his hands and his face full of unhappiness.

The man in armor was none other than his younger brother, Alphonse Elric, 14 years old. He lost his body in that human body refining process, and only his soul was attached to this armor.

The target of Edward's angry gaze was a round-faced young man named Ross Mastan in the opposite cell. He lay lazily on the humble bed, unconcerned about the former's murderous gaze. In fact, teasing Edward when he had nothing to do was one of the few things he had - bad taste.

"Alex, don't waste your efforts, this cell can't break through from the inside." Roy glanced at the muscular man ♂ next door who was carefully examining the bars of the cell, and pouted, "That person won't leave such a flaw." ”

The muscular man with a shiny head and a pinch of hair on his head was none other than Alex Louis Armstrong, a major and a member of the national alchemists, known as the "Mighty Wrist".

The object of his refining is himself. Through refining, let his already "Billy" body have more exaggerated strength, speed, defense, and so on. Regardless of the damage, his full force is enough to pierce through ordinary steel!

After being imprisoned in the state prison, he has been observing and studying the steel fences around the prison, above and below it, trying to find weak points and use his powerful strength ♂ to break through from the inside.

"Roy, what the hell is going on, our alchemy can't even use it." After watching it for so long and trying it a few times, Armstrong gave up. Roy's words made him voice the doubts in his heart.

The iron rods that make up the fence are thick and strong, and Armstrong's physical strength alone cannot break them.

"It's the Philosopher's Stone." Edward calmed down from Roy's provocation and interjected, "This is the power of the Philosopher's Stone. ”

"Most people only know the effect of the Philosopher's Stone on alchemy, but they don't know that it can be used in reverse."

Lisa, a heroic and serious beauty, frowned: "Use it the other way around?" What do you mean. ”

Roy's eyes narrowed slightly, and a hint of essence flashed: "Lisa-chan, do you remember Scar?" ”

"Scar Man? The guy who brutally murdered several national alchemists, the last of the Ishbals? ”

"That's right, it's him. The reverse use of the Philosopher's Stone is somewhat similar to that guy's killing method (Skar is decomposing), and it is able to 'reverse' and 'neutralize' the normal alchemy reaction, making it impossible to proceed. ”

"The surrounding area of this national prison must have been set up by our dear Lord President, using the Philosopher's Stone, so that all the refining reactions in this area cannot be carried out, preventing us from escaping."

When it came to the word "great president", several people had angry looks in their eyes.

"Hey, Mastam, are we just going to sit and die?" Edward sat on the bed with his ass and wanted to make a gesture of crossing his hands, only to realize that his mechanical right arm had been removed, and the anger in his heart increased.

"Of course...... No. ”

Roy looked in the direction of the exit, and seemed to be able to see through the walls and see the city outside the prison.

"Now, it's up to them......"

…………… Divide............... Cut............ Line............

On a sunny and sunny morning, Zhang Shen stepped into the first place of Amerstolis, Central City.

Crossing the Great Desert, passing through several cities such as Euswell and New Optan, Zhang Shen did not find any clues related to the Seven Deadly Sins, and in desperation, he could only pin his hopes on Central City.

There is the National Library, which has been established for hundreds of years and has a huge collection of books. In addition, the headquarters of the National Alchemist is also in Central City. Since the Seven Deadly Sins are closely related to alchemy, then the elite group of alchemists of the National Alchemist should always know something.

At least that's what Zhang thought.

Sniff Sniff ~~sniff ~~

"The taste of the Philosopher's Stone." Before entering the city, Zhang Shen sniffed and showed a weird smile. "This kind of theoretically very precious thing is thrown everywhere, it seems that I have come to the right place."

As for the Sage's Stone, Zhang Shena was quite clear, after all, he had used many of them, and most of them were refined by himself. Right now, he has two more in his storage device.

It was exchanged at the Great Will before leaving, and it was used to deal with emergencies.

To be honest, for the current Zhang Shen, except for the fact that it can play a role in super-large-scale refining or fine research, it is not much different whether it has it at other times.

After asking for directions, Zhang Shen walked in the direction of the National Library.

"What, books on alchemy are not open to ordinary people, you have to be an alchemist?"

"I'm an alchemist, too! Do you want me to prove something for you now? ”

"What, must be a national alchemist?!"

"Well, becoming a national alchemist still needs to be assessed...... Can I take the exam now? ”

"Nonsense? No, no, no, I'm very sincere, please believe in my sincerity. ”

"Why don't you want to? All right. Handsome guy, look here~~"

A magic jade talisman quietly shattered.

"Hehe, handsome guy, the assessment of the national alchemist will trouble you."

"What, you still have to apply? it, waste a piece of my jade talisman...... Okay okay, you go and apply...... Hey, wait, I'll go with you. ”

…………

"Sir, we have to wait until the beginning of next month, can't we be accommodating? I'm a genius alchemist. ”

"Hey, okay. Beauty, look here~~~"

Another magic jade talisman shattered.

"Sir, there is no problem with the assessment of the national alchemist now."

"Hey, you still have to invite the president over for this little thing?! Okay okay, you go and get back quickly......"

Zhang Shen watched the beautiful chief with a bewitching figure and outstanding demeanor leave, sat lazily on the chair and waited, looking around boredly, observing the situation around him.

Alas, I didn't expect it to be so troublesome to enter the National Library.

Zhang Shen was a little entangled, and he really couldn't understand the reason why this country controlled the knowledge of alchemy so strictly. Only national alchemists can enter the reading? This is clearly forcing all aspiring young people who want to develop as alchemists to join the ranks of the country.

There are more than 1,000 alchemists in the Qing Dynasty, and Amestolius is so strictly guarded, it is estimated that the number of alchemists will not be large, if the two countries fight...... Gee.

In the boring waiting, Zhang Shen began to have all kinds of messy thoughts in his mind.

In the heart of the beautiful woman who has fallen into the illusion, letting Zhang take the national alchemist assessment as soon as possible is the top priority at the moment, and it must not be delayed, so his attitude in the face of President Kim Bradley is also quite tough.

This aroused the great interest of the great president.

He still knew a lot about the beautiful chief, and knew that the latter was strict and fair, and it happened that he didn't have anything important to deal with, so he agreed to her request.

obtained the permission of the president, for fear of delaying Zhang's assessment, the beautiful chief galloped all the way and ran back to inform Zhang Shen in person.

The abnormality of the sir's today, all the subordinates saw it in their eyes and were full of doubts.

"Could it be that this man I've never seen before is the chief's concubine? It shouldn't be, the chief is so beautiful, this thing is not handsome, and it doesn't look like a temperament, how can you be worthy of the chief! ”

After seeing Zhang Shen and the two leave, everyone began to whisper.

Braida saw all of this in his eyes, his little eyes flashing and his brain running at high speed.

He was previously a subordinate of Roy Mastan, who had prepared before the accident, and transferred him to this idle department through a series of means, and became an ordinary subordinate under the command of the beautiful chief.

Roy Mastan and the others are locked up, and begins to think positively about rescue strategies.

Through the clues left by Roy beforehand, what he has to do now is to find out some information, information about the current Grand President, Kim Bradley.

Although is fat and looks like a casual person, he has a keen sense of observation that can see through the hidden truth of the incident, and is highly regarded by Roy.

"This person, it is necessary to get in touch. Maybe it can be our help. ”

He could see at a glance the arrogance hidden under Zhang Shen's lazy attitude, and felt that this person should be interested in what he was doing.

"Well, put it aside. Check it out at the library after work. ”