February 3, 1916, the date of the appointment.

In fact, two weeks ago, Mastan had already started their operation.

In the name of the exercise, they broke up the president and secretly transported the troops from the north to the central city.

Since last night, the mutiny has been carried out in secret, they first kidnapped the president's wife, and then seized the radio station in the central city.

Starting this morning, they have been announcing the entire city through radio to stay at home and take refuge.

Mastan claimed that it was the Central Army that had mutinied, that the officers of the Central Army had murdered the president, and that Mastan was on the side of justice, and that they were quelling the rebellion.

Then a large number of troops began to surround the presidential palace, and before the arrival of heavy fire such as tanks, there was only a small amount of gunfire and grenades, and the situation was somewhat deadlocked.

Today is a total solar eclipse, the day when the villain in the bottle tries to ascend to God, and it will also be its weakest day.

Wang Shui is in an office building east of the presidential palace, staring at the city through various surveillance facilities.

"Still not involved? Even with heavy firepower, it would be very difficult to break through the presidential palace before 4 p.m. ”

Sylvia is also there, and today she is going to sweep the line.

"Don't worry, the ordinary people don't have much effect, as long as the key alchemist goes in, the current stalemate is just for show, I'm afraid that the artificial human dog will jump off the wall in a hurry, otherwise with Mastan's preparation, it will be in minutes."

It's Hohenheim and them, they also want to let the villain in the bottle complete the plan first, and then he will launch a reversal of the territory to refine the formation, and now it is not good for the large army to enter in advance.

And that Hohenheim guy should have been caught on purpose to open the door for the enemy. ”

"And when are we going to join in the fun?"

Wang Shui looked at the time and said casually:

"Four o'clock in the afternoon is the main show, let's go half an hour early, you can't let me go to the sacrifice to open the door, right? Now my job is to proctolate exams, and my students say they want to show me how they've progressed.

Okay, let's go to dinner first, I brought a celebrity chef from Xinguo, and I'm downstairs now. ”

So when the storm was about to come outside, the big meal began to be prepared here.

……

……

Unlike ordinary soldiers who besiege the presidential palace head-on, alchemists are better suited for special operations.

Edward and his party were intercepted outside the city, and Pride, the eldest of the androids, stopped them.

Pryde's activated shadow is extremely fast, has a strong attack, and can cut steel at will, and Edward's side is quite passive at first.

In the original book, the battle didn't take place on the outskirts of Central City, but now it seems that the situation is similar.

Just as Hohenheim was about to use the power of the Philosopher's Stone to trap [Arrogance], Alphonse was surprised to discover:

Mr. Via's new body for him has actually resisted the attack of [Arrogance]!

Those sharp shadows hit his [Pottery Steel Armor], and there was no trace left.

Although Alphonse didn't know why Mr. Via had designed the armor so big, or what the Raven Helmet and the double-headed eagle logo on his chest meant, he felt that Mr. Via was really happy when he designed it.

Mr. Via even made him a lot of spare accessories, such as a strange pig-faced helmet, a large pistol, and a chainsaw axe.

"You go first, I'll hold him back!"

Alphonse shouted, and then pulled out an exaggerated axe and an oversized pistol from the slot on the side of his body.

At least in his hand it was like a pistol.

Arrogant Pryde just casually attacked Alphonse, who was closest to him, as usual, but received a casual shot from Al.

A burst of fire erupted from the muzzle of the gun, and Pryde's shadow subconsciously gathered his defenses. A huge bullet with a rocket-propelled tail flame struck the shadow, and then immediately exploded like a grenade.

The Pride boy was blown away by the shockwave of the explosion, and the group who was about to leave first didn't even have time to get into the car.

"Uh...... Your Highness, come over in a moment. ”

Everyone instructed them to leave.

Edward walked at the rear, approached Al, and whispered:

"Kill him, Al."

"Brother...... Did it mean to kill him? ”

Edward nodded emphatically and said in a serious tone:

"He is too lethal to ordinary people, we can't let him go back to Central City, we have mercy on him, and we will kill many soldiers."

Dressed in reassuringly heavy terracotta-steel armor, Alphonse nodded heavily and turned on the switch for the chainsaw axe in his hand.

"I'm sorry, Al, for getting blood on your hands."

"No, brother, we're here to save the country! And today, too, we are handing in our answer to Mr. Via! ”

The two brothers said goodbye firmly, and the arrogance of the android also ushered in his early completion.

Al sawed through Pride's body over and over again with a very handy chainsaw axe, chopped the red stone over and over again, and muttered:

"Worthy of being arrogant? Don't you feel how arrogant you are? ”

……

……

On the other side, Edward and his party converged with Mastam, and they went through the underground passage built by the [Little Man in the Bottle] to find the center of the Territory Refining Array.

In fact, they are not in a hurry, because they are not bored in this battle, and even Edward is already mentally prepared to be captured by the final boss.

Wang Shui had already told them:

If the little man in the bottle wants to pull the "god" from the sky, he needs five people who have opened the [Door of Truth] as the [human pillar], which can also be said to be sacrifices.

The sacrifices here are not sacrificed, and the little people in the bottle simply borrow the repulsive power of their door of truth to open the door of truth on earth.

There are a total of five human pillars, namely Hohenheim, Edward, Al, the master of the protagonists, Izmi Cadiz, and Colonel Roy Mastan in the original book.

The last Colonel Mastan was controlled by the [Angry] Grand President and [Arrogant] Pryde, and was forced to open his own [Door of Truth].

In exchange for the knowledge of human refinement, the Colonel was taken away from his eyesight.

But now, the plot must have gone astray a long time ago.

Wang Shui spent a lot of money in advance, invited a few young guys who loved to toss from among the researchers under his command, and sent them into the field of vision of the [villain in a bottle].

In fact, there are many veteran researchers who want to observe with their own eyes that "God" is pulled into reality.

They didn't care about their lives at all, but Wang Shui didn't want to toss these old men, so he just arranged a relatively high front seat for them.

While the pillars of the self-condemned are still dangling underground, the real master of the two protagonists, Izmi, an ordinary housewife, is leading the northern army to break into the presidential palace.

Yes, little by little, the planned general offensive began.

Sending heavy firepower units to the core area of the presidential palace is also an important part of the battle against the villain in the bottle.

So before being caught as a human pillar, housewife Izmi still has a small task - to break through the solid fortress of the presidential palace alone.

Of course, even if she did have this strength, the combat mission would not really be so hasty, not to mention that she would have to face the fastest android [Lazy] Sloth.

In addition to her husband (a butcher stronger than a bear), there are many alchemists who assist her in her quest.

Only ten minutes later, Edward, who was circling underground, had just encountered the artificial man's lust and gluttony, and the battle on the ground had already been completed.

The troops rested in place above the presidential palace, replenished their ammunition, and had lunch by the way, and everyone was waiting for the next order.

"Major Miles! The perimeter troops have observed the whereabouts of the Grand President, are they going to start intercepting it? ”

Major Miles of the Northern Army, who is of Ishvar blood, shook his head and said in a calm tone:

"Don't make unnecessary sacrifices, let him in, especially warn the sticky mines and tracking mines, don't act rashly, Mr. Via said he wants to check the operation himself."

"Uh, what's the job?"

In response to the signal soldier's question, Major Myers rewarded him with a burst of excitement:

"Why do you ask so much! If you have time to contact the warheads at all levels and see if they are ready, it will soon be our turn! ”

After the successful attack on this side, the original Central Army was quickly controlled, and the "fake counterinsurgency and real mutiny" that had begun in the morning suddenly quieted down.

When the president came to the main gate of the presidential palace, he was even more confused.

If it weren't for the smoke and fires all around, he would have thought that today was just an ordinary and quiet day.

He burst through the main entrance without encountering any obstacles.

The President was even able to see the movements of those Northern Army soldiers from some clues, and there was no doubt that the other party was avoiding him - his identity as the strongest combat force of the androids was exposed.

But now the president is not interested in these ordinary people, he cares more about his father's plan.

So he went directly to the depths of the presidential palace, and a tragic battle in the original book did not break out.

……

……

The protagonists, who are waiting for the capture in the underground, are walking together, and the three people who walk together, Edward, Mastan, and Lieutenant Hawke, happen to encounter gluttony and lust.

In the original book, Colonel Mastan burned lust to death in extreme anger because of the death of his friend Hughes, which is quite amazing in this work.

Originally, the plot of lust being burned to death would have been earlier, and what Mastan met here should be [jealous] Envy, and the person who killed Hughes was also Envy.

But now there is no doubt that the plot has changed dramatically, and the android [Gluttony], who is very restrained by Mastan, also appears here.

Gluttony can devour flames, and it makes sense that in the original book, if it weren't for the [Arrogance] pit teammates and directly ate the [Gluttony], Gratoni would be an insurmountable level for the protagonists.

Now......

"Lieutenant, Edward, help me look at the point, I'm going to hand in the papers."

Colonel Mastan threw a sticky metal ball against the wall, tightened his glove, and slipped a metal ring over his left glove.

The sticky metal ball on the wall lit up with a faint green light, and a new screen lit up far outside the presidential palace, in front of Wang Shui, who was drinking tea after dinner.

The live stream of the exam began.

The android Rust rushed up, but was hit by two shots from Lieutenant Hawk Ai, and was instantly forced back.

Lisa Hawk Ai is just an ordinary person, her most special ability is her excellent marksmanship as a soldier, but her guns and bullets are not ordinary.

It was a pistol made especially for her by Shui Wang, and an alchemical bullet that Mastan had made for her.

The solid warhead hit Lust Rust's body and exploded immediately, and the directional metal jet and shock wave instantly tore Rust's upper body apart.

In fact, as long as the lieutenant is given enough time and ammunition, as well as the corresponding protection, she can also kill these androids.

"Hey, don't steal my limelight!" Mastan, who was preparing, complained.

Seeing that Rust is injured and mentally retarded, but Gluttony, who is particularly dependent on Rust, suddenly goes berserk!

His ribs protruded into wriggling fangs, and a massive cleft extended from his chin to his lower abdomen and flipped outwards to form a large, erect mouth.

In the middle of the big mouth is a black and white one-eye, the Eye of Truth!

This is the failure of the villain in the bottle to refine the door of truth, and it is put in the stomach of gluttony.

But failures also have unexpected powers.

After Gluttony unfolded the "False Truth Gate", his ability to devour everything became a long-range effect, and now he can squirt a storm to cut everything, and everything that is enveloped by the storm will be devoured by him!

However, Mastan they had already gotten this information.

Smack-

A crisp snap of fingers echoed through the underground passage, followed by two explosions.

The cyborg's gluttony, and the lust of the body, which had not yet recovered, suddenly erupted into flames, and the explosion blew the two of them into the air, leaving them with no time to move.

At that moment, Colonel Mastan's ring lit up blue, and the walls and floor of the underground passage seemed to come to life, and the masonry surged to envelop the two artificial humans.

Lieutenant Hawk Ai also fired two shots in succession, and the bullet drilled through the gap before the masonry closed, with extreme accuracy, and once again exploded the heads of the two artificial humans, not giving them a chance to escape.

Mastan exhaled heavily, his brain racing, the ring on his hand glowing more and more intensely blue, until at some point, the metal ring shattered silently.

OK......

Smack-

With another perfect snap of fingers, a line of fire scurried into the masonry furnace.

Orange-red flames burst out from several fire openings in an instant, and the tiny holes showed the flame storm swirling inside, and the entire underground passage immediately became scorching.

Edward made a simple fan and drew water from underground pipes, which was excited to form water vapor, which was blown out to take away the heat.

At this time, Colonel Mastan was glued to the stove, and the painful screams of two man-made humans were heard from inside.

His eyes widened wider and wider, blue lightning surged into his left eye, and a refining array slowly appeared on his iris!

"Mr. Via! This is the result of my research, I call it the Purifying Fire! ”

Blue lightning burst out of Mastan's left eye and burrowed into the furnace, and the orange-red flame instantly turned into a bright blue!

The masonry furnace quickly disintegrated, and the swirling blue flames melted the top of the underground passageway!

The masonry was first turned into magma, then burned to ashes, and even the ashes were swept into the fire again, and finally there was nothing left.

The two artificial humans lost their sound in a matter of seconds, oh no, after a few seconds, they didn't even have scum left, and the Philosopher's Stone disappeared directly in the bright blue flames.

The swirling flames erupted into a fire tornado, but quickly dissipated.

A faint glow cast above the burned hole in the underground passage was the recognition of Colonel Mastan by the sun hanging obliquely in the sky.

Bangbang - applause rang out in the underground passageway, and the sound of aqua regia came from the sticky metal balls on the walls.

"Yes, give you a hundred perfect marks, good creativity."

Although the preparation time was too long, this destructive power and controllability far exceeded that of ordinary flames, and Colonel Mastan made his own innovation on the basis of the research of Aqua regia.

Colonel Mastan smiled contentedly and fell backwards into Lieutenant Hawk's arms.

"Alright, Edward move on, Lieutenant, you take Mastan to the top, he's going to get to the radio station as soon as it's over, I'm ready to go."

"Understood!"

Lisa Hawk replied with a hearty reply, and then immediately left with the Colonel.

Their mission was to kill and create people, which was pre-arranged.

Edward crossed the spectacular trail left by the Purifying Fire and rushed inside.

On the other side, Brother Hohenheim had crashed into the room of the villain in the bottle and was arrested after symbolic resistance.

At this time, there was a change outside, and a large number of rubber-like black shadows enveloped the underground of the presidential palace.

The time has come, and the eclipse is about to begin.

The president "Kim Bradley" guards the shadows with a straight-edged saber, and at this time, he is in much better condition than in the original book, he has not encountered endless suicidal interceptions, and he has obtained a very excellent weapon.

"You still have it, it seems that you are very happy with my gift."

The president followed the prestige and saw a familiar person:

[Mirror Alchemist], Hill Via, a wealthy businessman from several countries, and by his side, there is a woman who is as quiet as the moon.

This combination of a man and a woman made the president's eyes gradually round.

At a distance of about fifteen meters, Wang Shui stopped.

He reached out and grabbed it, and the blue lightning shattered the nearby building, and a large mess of things gathered in his hand, forming a two-handed long sword.

"Long time no see, Your Excellency President, I came here today to test your swordsmanship again and see if you have regressed?"

Under the gaze of Sylvia next to him, someone suddenly sweated profusely......

(End of chapter)