Underneath the capital, Rust bit her lower lip and walked into her father's room with Gradoni with trepidation.

"Father." Rust and Gradoni knelt down and bowed their heads: "Pride him. Dead"

"I know." Father's fingers rhythmically tapped on the wooden armrest of the chair: "His Sage Stone, like Envi, has disappeared, it seems to be the same refining array, I didn't expect humans to be able to develop this level of refining array, it's really surprising."

"What's next? Father? Rust asked.

"The day when the moon devours the sun is very near." My father closed his eyes as if he was calculating something: "There are three more locations left, at this rate."

"Looks like we can't go on slowly."

He finally left from that position, reached out and pressed it on Gradoni's bald head.

A red glow erupted from the place where the hand touched Gradini, and Gladoni suddenly let out a scream of pain.

"Ahh It hurts! It hurts!! ”

Rust broke out in a cold sweat and lowered her head even more.

"Father. Father."

"Brushed wire. Special. Help me."

Gradoni's wails quickly disappeared, not just the sound, but even him as a person disappeared into the world, and there was nothing left in that area, as if no one had ever existed at all.

"Since this kind of refining formation formation has been set off, there is no need to keep this stupid artificial man, otherwise it will be too wasteful to be destroyed." Father nodded.

Rust did not dare to speak, nor did she dare to show any objection or dissatisfaction, she knew that to make her father feel dissatisfied would be to be sucked into her body by her father like Gradoni.

"Rust." Father called, "Hurry up and get Bradley." ”

"Yes." Rust immediately took the order and fled away.

Soon after, she returned with Bradley.

"Bradley, declare war on the surrounding countries." Father said lightly: "There is no way to die more, you go and start a war now, the order of society is no longer important, you can use the power of your president to start a war." ”

"Reason. Well. Come to think of it, isn't Pride dead? On the pretext that extremists assassinated the president's adopted son in a vain attempt to split the country, they carried out a retaliatory war. ”

My father stepped down, clapped his hands, and refined something under the influence of the Philosopher's Stone.

As Kim Bradley wondered, there was a click, and the thing was thrown in front of him.

It was Pride's body

The death was horrific, with signs of burn and abuse, and the temples were pierced, the red and white brain marrow flowed out, and the smell of blood and burnt protein poured into the tip of the nose.

The facial features, body shape, clothing, and even the internal organs and blood inside the corpse have all been restored, this is an impeccable creation, so that the top forensic doctors can not find any problems when they identify it.

"Let's use this prop to promote it." "The press and newspapers are subordinate agencies of the government, and as long as they control the right to speak, human beings will blindly obey them, so let's incite human beings to stir up their desire to kill and let blood flow on the earth." ”

Bradley gave his father a deep look, then finally knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice, "Yes, follow your will. ”

"Rust, you can also go and help, be careful, don't fall into that new type of refining formation." Her father patted Ruster on the shoulder.

"Thank you for your concern." Lacester breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that her image in the eyes of her father is not bad, and she escaped the catastrophe and did not usher in the same fate as Gradoni.

"Let's go." My father sat back in his seat and waved.

Rust wrapped the "prop" in the shroud and left the ground with Bradley.

They came to the ground and summoned reporters and newspapers.

News of the murder of the president's son by criminals was published in the newspapers, and photographs of the corpse were published in full swing.

Also pronounced dead were a number of officers, including Maas Hughes, many of whom were killed in the terror.

Selim Bradley, a pseudonym used by Pride on weekdays, was held by the military at a huge funeral, at which the president's wife wept silently, and the wrinkles on her face were photographed by reporters.

After the funeral, Kim Bradley declared that the immediate declaration of war against the criminal country was not because his adopted son was tortured and killed, but because the state could not tolerate the safety of the life of any citizen on the territory of his country, which could not be guaranteed, and this was a fight for the rights of citizens and the honor of the country.

A few days later, the Edward brothers returned to the capital.

When they left the platform, there was a dense procession in the street, marching with signs, claiming that they would defeat the enemy and that they would not show weakness.

"What the hell is going on?" Edward was shocked by the unprecedented formation.

"Brother! Look here! Alphonse, because of his height, saw the newspaper on the wall.

Edward jumped, and finally Alphonse took him to his arm and read the newspapers and photographs with him.

"The President's Son Was Tortured and Killed"

"Army. List of martyrs"

"Mas Hughes!"

Edward saw a familiar name and jerked close to the newspaper.

"Lieutenant Colonel Mas Hughes in a desperate battle with terrorists. Died in the line of duty! ”

"How is that possible! When is this news! ”

"It's a newspaper that only came out yesterday!" Al pointed to the issue date at the bottom right of the newspaper: "The president has decided to declare war on the terrorist country, and it was a war declaration parade just now!" ”

"Let's lie," Edward was stunned.

"Let's go find Colonel Roy, he must know better!" Alphonse said.

"That's right." Edward didn't expect that something like this would happen in the capital after only a few days of not returning.

He quickly found the phone inside the train station, showed his national alchemist's pocket watch, and dialed the phone number of the military headquarters.

"Hello, I'm Fullmetal Alchemist Edward Elric, please help me connect to Colonel Roy Mastan."

"Okay, please wait."

Half a minute, Colonel Roy's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Since this is a call from the train station, do you mean that your brother is back?"

"Well, I just arrived." Edward said: "We saw the procession in the streets, and the newspapers, saying that the president's son had been killed, and that Lieutenant Colonel Hughes was also true? ”

Roy was silent for a moment and said: "It's true, Hughes is dead, in addition, the war is about to start, as a national alchemist, while you enjoy privileges, you also have the obligation to protect the country, so you immediately come to the Central Command to report, it is now a special period." ”

"Is it that serious?"

"You guys come back first, it's not convenient to talk on the phone."

"Alright, we'll come right here." Edward hung up.

At the same time, Central Command.

Roy put the phone back in place and returned to his office.

Mas Hughes was recuperating in his place, his arm in a cast, one hand hanging in bandage, and the other holding a newspaper to read.

"Bastard! I actually said that I also died in the line of duty and was killed by criminals! I'm still alive and well!" Hughes said indignantly

"You should recognize by now that the country is controlled by those people from top to bottom." Isaac sat cross-legged next to Hughes: "They've already started a reckless war, and those soldiers and civilians don't know anything about the truth. ”

"The Mark of Blood, the Stone of the Philosopher, the Villain in the Bottle." Hughes put down the newspaper and let out a long sigh: "Who would have thought that the truth was like this? ”

"Indeed." Roy walked into the desk: "I didn't expect Isaac to be the right party, I never thought about this kind of thing before." ”

"But sure enough, there is still a big gap," Hughes said, looking up, "The enemy is the president, and there are monsters who have lived for four hundred years." ”

"Whatever the outcome, we can't afford to watch our country fall into war." "I've made secret contact with the Armstrong family and some of my own friends to stop this senseless riot," Roy said. ”

"They will try to delay the approach of the army, but at most delay the start of the war by a few days, and we must find a way to expose the true face of the president and make the war cease fire within these days."

The Edward brothers, taking advantage of the privilege of the state alchemist, took a transport car from the railway station and arrived at the Central Command.

Along the way, they saw the panic in the capital, martial law began everywhere, there were soldiers patrolling the streets with guns, and a tense atmosphere spread silently.

Roy waited for them at the door, and after meeting them, he whispered, "Hughes is not dead yet, no matter what you see for a while, don't make a sound." ”

Edward almost thought he had misheard, until Roy led him into the office and he saw Hughes greeting him.

And Isaac next to him, the Alchemist of Ice, Edward fought the guy.

From the moment Edward entered the capital, he felt a different atmosphere from usual, and at this moment he was extremely concentrated, and he followed Colonel Roy's instructions very well, and did not shout loudly.

But he still prepared for the battle with Al, and the target was naturally Isaac on the side.

"Don't be so nervous, Isaac is our companion." Roy said.

"What the hell is going on? Captain? Why would you say Isaac is a buddy? Edward asked.

Roy and Hughes recount what happened a few days ago, including the whole inside story.

In addition, Isaac showed Edward a drawing of the Formation on scratch paper.

"The man said, give this to you, and you'll understand."

"This is the refining array of eavesdroppers." Edward saw it at a glance.

This refining array is very personal, and he only knows that one person can draw it.

Speaking of which, the last time we met in a dream, Ian had told him that they would meet soon, and before that, there would be acquaintances looking for him.

Did acquaintances refer to Isaac?

"But Isaac, how the hell did you meet him?" Edward asked.

"When I was running away, I was caught by him, it's as simple as that." Isaac said, "When he caught me, he had already seen that the country was in formation, so I reached a consensus with him. ”

"He knew so early on why he didn't tell me!"

"Will you believe it?" Isaac said coldly: "People who have not seen the truth will not believe it, you now go to the street and say that the president is an artificial person, and others will only treat you as a madman." ”

"And you're a human pillar, you may not have noticed it yourself, but there are people watching you all the time, and if it weren't for the blood mark, I wouldn't want to come to the capital to deal with you at all."

"Human pillars? Spying on me? Edward wondered.

At this moment, suddenly, the door to Roy's office opened.

"Who is it! Confidential conversations are going on right now, and no entry is allowed! Roy shouted.

But the door opened anyway, and the man who came was a tall man, dressed in a white robe, with blonde hair and beard.

"Daddy.." Alphonse was stunned for a moment.

"Hohenheim, why are you here?" Edward said.

"No, that's not right! This guy isn't Hohenheim! Isaac sweated from his forehead and pointed to the corridor and shouted, "The people there have been killed by him!" ”

"This" Edward looked down the hallway, and rows of people fell to the ground, as if asleep.

He had been vigilant, but he had not heard the sound of the men falling, not even the footsteps of the men.

In the blink of an eye, the man teleported in front of him and took the draft paper that had been formed into a formation.

"Yes." The man held his chin and looked at it: "Is it the refining formation of this principle?" No wonder you can kill Envi and Pryde, I remember that I have always been controlling the development of technology, and sure enough, there is still such a thing as genius in the world? No, is it from another country? It's progressing so fast. ”

"You guy, do you think we're all air!" Edward kicked the man's ass.

But when he kicked it empty, his foot only hit the table, but he was injured.

Isaac gritted his teeth, he couldn't see the man's movements clearly, but he grabbed a frozen fish from his arms and smashed it to the ground.

Crystal spread, a massive alchemy array, automatically generated on the ground.

Finally the man was bound, and countless red threads bound him.

There was some confusion in his eyes, and he tried to tear the threads, but he was pulled tighter.

"Let's go!" Isaac said.

"You're good." The man cast an approving look at him: "It's very suitable to be a human pillar, and the last person will let you come." ”

The silk threads ripped off the man's skin, revealing the dark and deep nature.

It did not break free from the silk thread, but took the initiative to fade its shell, leaving the center of the refining array like a cicada that has shed its shell. (End of chapter)