Chapter 32: Exposure

[PS: A million words, a little celebration. 】

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Pride is the first artificial person created by "Father", and has a high compatibility with the "arrogance" of the Seven Deadly Sins, so he has become the "supreme" Pride - arrogance.

Although the seven deadly sins are all products of the "Father's", they are not in harmony. Just think about it, the seven deadly sins, each of which is the most extreme negative emotion of human beings, even if Kim Bradley and others who bear the name of the seven deadly sins are not the products of pure negative forces, they are also very "distinctive" "thorns", how can they be harmonious?

Just like now.

For Pride who pushed the door in, Kim Bradley (Angry, Wrath, Russ) was more jealous, while Envi was outright afraid.

"Can anyone tell me why the refining array set up by my father was destroyed, and even the Sage's Stone was gone?" Pride looked coldly at the two people in the study, his heart was full of disgust.

In his heart, he always thought that it was enough for "Father" to have one of them, and as for the others, they were just flags that "Father" made casually in order to achieve his own goals.

What especially made him unbearable was that because he occupied Selim Bradley's body, he actually wanted to call Russ, a disgusting "half-finished product" (Russ is an incomplete android), "father"!!

If it weren't for the order of "Father", I would have been unable to help but kill this hypocritical and disgusting guy a long time ago!

At this moment, in the face of his angry questioning, the attitude shown by the two made him even more angry!

"All of this is related to Zhang Shen, a Qing man who recently entered Central City." Kim Bradley looked Pride in the eye and slowly explained in detail everything that had happened since Zhang Shen entered the city.

"Artificial man, the Seven Deadly Sins, the Stone of the Philosopher...... This Qing man seems to know everything about us. I was suspicious that he even knew about the 'Father' and the 'Promised Day'. The purpose of his visit to Chuo City is likely to be related to the 'appointed day'. ”

If Pride is jealous, then Kim Bradley is "afraid" of "Father". This has to do with the methods used by "Father-sama" when he created him.

The so-called "appointed day" is actually the day when my father launched the "Land Refining Array", and the Land Refining Array, simply put, is to use the entire Amistolis as a refining array, and the people living in this country as alchemy materials to refine the Sage's Stone!

And the ultimate goal of my father is to open and possess the door of truth and achieve eternal life through the power of this huge philosopher's stone.

This plan, from an idea to a reality now, took hundreds of years of work for my father (the villain in the bottle), and it can be described as painstaking.

As the first advocate and loyal dog under the command of "Father", Pride will never allow anyone to ruin Father's hard work!!

A murderous aura that almost condensed into substance erupted from Pride's small body, and for a while, the light in the study was dim and dim, as if a group of demons were dancing wildly and cannibalism, letting out a crazy roar.

"Where is he?" After a few minutes, the study returned to normal, and Pride asked very calmly.

Kim Bradley's pupils shrank, this eerie calm was obviously a harbinger of a storm, and moreover, it was a terrifying storm that could sweep the world.

"I don't know, but it's definitely still in Central City." In the face of such a Pride, His Excellency the President was also a little worried, and hurriedly explained, "When he and Scar broke into the Central Prison to save people, I had already ordered the entire Central City to be blocked, and they were only allowed to enter and exit, and they must still be in Central City now." ”

Pryde's gaze stayed on Kim Bradley for a few seconds, knowing that the latter was a little uncomfortable, before nodding slightly: "I understand." I'm going to fix them. ”

Squeak~~

The study door opens and closes.

Call~~~~

The two people in the room breathed a sigh of relief.

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

Chuo City, in a small Western-style villa.

It is located in the southwest corner of Central City, near the Officers' Villa area, and can be described as dark.

Zhang Shen and his group are now in this small building.

"I think we need to talk." Roy stopped Zhang Shen, who was going to study the inside of the suitcase under the ice, and the latter shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and the two went to the study.

"I wonder, what is your purpose?" Roy Mastan asked very solemnly and seriously.

Well? Zhang Shen lay lazily on the chair, raised his eyebrows, and made a raised nasal voice.

Roy Mastein, on the surface, is a careless and harsh colonel for his subordinates, handsome and amorous because of his appearance, and ambitious to climb the ranks, but in fact he is a deep, mature man who values his friends and subordinates very much, has dreams, and is able to work for them rather than be idealistic. He is well versed in the way of officialdom, and although power (the great president) is his means to realize his dreams, he will not betray his friends and give up his beliefs because of this.

In short, this is a protagonist-type character.

The experience of fighting in officialdom and the short time he spent with Zhang also had some preliminary understanding of Zhang Shen's character. Therefore, it was decided to be open and honest.

The first step to gaining the trust of others is to be honest.

Of course, the strength shown by Zhang Shen is the first factor that contributed to his decision!

He spent half an hour clearly presenting the "grievances" between his group and the president to Zhang Shen.

To put it simply, the Elric brothers discovered some clues on their journey to discover the Philosopher's Stone. In the process of following these clues, the current President Kim Bradley was gradually involved. In the process, Roy's friend Lieutenant General Hughes* and others died, and everyone finally embarked on the path of confrontation with the president for reasons of emotion, justice, and justice, and decided to bring him down.

This behavior was rightfully countered by the president or the gang of seven deadly crimes.

Before Zhang Shen came, Roy and the others lost this round of battle, and they were almost caught in the Central Prison by one pot.

"So, your enemies are the president and a few androids?" After listening to this, Zhang Shen asked.

"That's right."

"Then you can cheer."

"Thank you very much!"

"Heh, you're welcome. Remember to close the door when you leave. ”

After Roy Mastan left, Zhang Shen was stunned for a moment, smiled, stretched his waist and got up from the comfortable chair, and continued his old profession - alchemical research.

He didn't care how much Spring and Autumn brushwork there was in Roy's words, nor did he care about the careful thinking in the latter's heart. For him, the story of this world is, after all, someone else's story.

Zhang Shen always remembered the purpose of his coming to Amestolith, and has been walking on the road to achieve this goal.

For him, that's enough.

Clearing out a space, Zhang Shen put the ice-cold suitcase on the desk, and the laziness on his face was swept away, replaced by extreme fanaticism.

Zhang Shen took out the pen and seriously drew a refining array.

The dragon vein is refined, and the !! is activated

Everyone in the living room suddenly felt a magnificent and vast momentum, escaping from the study, which made people's hearts break.

This is...... Alchemy?!

Everyone changed color in unison.

In the majestic momentum, there was clearly a familiar aura, which was the power fluctuation when the alchemy was launched.

Several people in the living room are either elite alchemists themselves, or they are also high-level people who are often in contact with alchemy, and they have never eaten pork or seen pig runs, but they have never felt such ...... Mighty alchemy waves!

Curious, surprised, puzzled, jealous...... All kinds of emotions, and so on.

After that—

All of them become the ultimate curiosity!!

Especially Edward Elric. As a "genius alchemist", his achievements are naturally not limited to talent, but also have an extreme love for alchemy.

At this moment, the familiar fluctuations that filled the surroundings made him feel as if he was scratched by a cat's claw, and he walked around the living room, and several times he wanted to sneak into the study, but was stopped by Roy and Alex.

The people outside the study were not calm, and Zhang in the room was also entangled at the moment.

The alchemy array he drew was a formation diagram dedicated to analysis, and then habitually used dragon vein alchemy, and then ......

Looking at the cloud of black smoke confined in front of him, Zhang Shen didn't know what kind of expression to show.

Originally, Zhang Shen wanted to analyze the "structure" of the artificial man, to see if he could reverse restore the specific details of the artificial man's refining process, and by the way, he also explored the lust of the seven deadly sins that were somewhat illusory.

Outcome......

"Okay, if you fail, you will fail~~" Zhang Shen shook his head helplessly, focusing his attention on the black smoke in front of him.

It gave Zhang Shen a feeling somewhat similar to the black fog in Shangling, but it lacked that "evil" feeling.

Zhang Shen used a microscope-like analysis method to inspect it, and found that its basic structure was a particle similar to spiritual power and soul power, indicating that the source of this thing was the soul of life.

After that, he used several other analysis methods to conduct a comprehensive study of the black fog in front of him, and had a preliminary understanding of it.

Zhang Shen is seven or eight points sure that this black thing is the product of the lust of the seven deadly sins after being "whitewashed".

More precisely, it should be - restoration.

Reproduction is the nature of life, so sexual desire itself is not something evil.

However, there is a degree to everything. The "lust" of the seven deadly sins is excessive or incompatible with the overall morality of human beings.

Therefore, this black thing that Zhang Shen inexplicably refined should be called "desire".

If this thing is introduced into the organism, the latter will undoubtedly enter the estrus phase immediately.

It's a pity that the conditions are limited, and there is no way to conduct the experiment now.

Putting away his regretful feelings, Zhang Shen took out a jade bottle from the storage equipment, put the mass of things into it, and sealed it.

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The reaction of Dragon Vein Alchemy when activated is normally the same as that of normal alchemy.

However, in this analysis experiment, the powerful fluctuations inexplicably generated slowly spread out, attracting the attention of many people.

After Zhang Shen came here, he habitually set up an enchantment. However, the speed of the spread of the fluctuations generated by this refining was very slow, and its "penetration" and "contagion" were strangely high and terrifying, and it finally broke through the barrier and spread to the outside world.

The first to bear the brunt is naturally Pride who searched for Zhang Shen and his party everywhere.

Confirming the direction, he hurried towards here.