"How could you be released? Show your release certificate."
Colonel Mustang stood in front of Su Xiao, ready to fight at any time.
"Is it strange that I was released? Besides, you have no power to command me. Don't forget that you and I are equals."
Su Xiao carried Isaac's body forward, followed by Bubuwang with a straw hanging on his head.
Ordinary national alchemists are at the major level, while the national alchemists who participated in the 'Ishval Annihilation War' are at the lowest level at the colonel level, but there are very few such alchemists.
Most of the alchemists who participated in the 'Ishval Annihilation War' were sent to remote areas or sent to prison for various reasons.
There are very few alchemists like Roy Mustang working in Central City. After searching the entire country, only Roy Mustang can do this.
This strange situation can be seen by everyone else, not to mention Roy Mustang himself, so the colonel is already preparing to rebel.
Roy Mustang was kept in Central City because the Man in the Bottle took a fancy to his talent.
This is not a good thing. The ultimate goal of the villain in the bottle is to turn the entire country into a philosopher's stone. Now the top military officials are all hawks and dogs of the villain.
To be precise, the country of Amestris was founded by the little man in the bottle. It was originally a small country, but it was the little man in the bottle who developed it.
It is not easy to turn an entire country into the Philosopher's Stone, especially since all this is done in secret.
First, the alchemy array must be deployed to cover the entire country. After the alchemy array is successfully deployed, one person must be sacrificed in each of the five corners of the alchemy array.
These five people cannot be chosen casually. First of all, these five people need to be powerful alchemists. Secondly, these five alchemists must have performed human body refining. Having performed human body refining means they have seen the Door of Truth.
These five sacrifices, the little man in the bottle calls them human pillars, these five sacrifices are:
Edward Elric (protagonist)
Alphonse Elric (younger brother of the protagonist)
Roy Mustang (candidate post)
Izmi Kadis (protagonist master, female)
Von Holmhain (protagonist's father)
It has to be said that the protagonist Edward Elric is a bit bitter. Not to mention he is a human pillar, his brother, father, and master were all chosen by the villain in the bottle to live in.
Today's Colonel Roy Mustang lives for the candidate, so he is left in Central City.
The target of Su Xiao's mission is the villain in the bottle. The power of God (pseudo) is in the opponent's body. However, the villain in the bottle is very powerful. In the country of Amestris, the ability of the villain in the bottle is almost unsolvable.
In the original work, the villain in the bottle was defeated after being besieged by everyone. Su Xiao knew this, so he would not move the plot characters who besieged the villain.
Not only that, Su Xiao also wants to weaken the power of the villain in the bottle.
There are two groups of forces under the control of the villain in the bottle. One group consists of six artificial humans it created. There were originally seven people, but Greedy has betrayed him. Due to his nature, Greedy cannot be loyal to anyone.
The second group is the top brass of the military. In order to obtain eternal life, the top brass of the military have cooperated with the villain in the bottle and become his eagle dog.
Su Xiao's first target is the six artificial humans. Those military hawks and dogs can be easily dealt with, so there is no need to alert the enemy for the time being.
If you want to deal with these artificial people, you need to sneak into the opponent's camp first. Only by successfully sneaking in can it have a chance to find the whereabouts of the artificial people. Otherwise, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
However, there was no need to infiltrate the enemy just yet. He knew the whereabouts of the two androids.
"Solve those two first, one of them is easy to solve, and the other is a bit troublesome."
Su Xiao was walking on the street carrying a corpse with a look of deep thought on her face.
The two androids he had to deal with were not too strong, but one of them had a troublesome ability. If he was hit by that ability, he would have to pay a heavy price even if he didn't die.
Taking out a map, Su Xiao walked around according to the map's direction and came to a research institute.
This research institute is nominally abandoned, but there is a guard guarding the door.
Su Xiao walked towards the main entrance of the institute, and the guards stopped Su Xiao.
"signal."
"3T4M, fish, candy, lime."
Hearing this strange code, the guard nodded. He didn't know what was in the research institute behind him. He just needed to let the person who gave the code go.
Walking into the courtyard of the institute, several adjacent buildings appeared in front of them. The buildings were abandoned, and some of the windows were broken and no one had repaired them.
Entering a building in the middle, Su Xiao went straight to the basement.
The basement of the entire research institute was opened up to form a large square. There is an open space in the center of the square. In the open space is a circular alchemy array. In the center of the alchemy array is a low wooden stake with the same inscription engraved on it.
Holding the alchemy array.
Walking towards the alchemy array, Su Xiao saw pools of black blood stains on the ground. These blood stains had existed for a long time and had long since dried.
"You're on time, are you being followed?"
Enwei walked out from behind a stone pillar, walked not far from Su Xiao, and sat on a wooden stake in the center of the alchemy array.
"acceptance."
Su Xiao threw Isaac's body towards Enwei. Enwei kicked the body and frowned after discovering the wounds on the body's chest and abdomen.
"Is this... a stab wound?"
"right."
"Did you kill it?"
"No, when I saw him, he had this wound on his chest. It should have been inflicted by a young man."
Of course, Su Xiao would not admit that he had killed him. When he killed Isaac, he had sensed that there was no one else around him.
"juvenile?"
"A blond boy, about ten years old, about 1.6 meters tall, with a mechanical prosthesis on his right hand."
"So that's it, that guy?"
Enwei looked at Su Xiao, seeming to be thinking about something.
"Are you interested in everlasting life?"
Enwei opened his mouth, and there was a hint of confusion in his words.
"Eternal life? The same life form as you?"
"Yes, and also wrong."
"Not interested in."
After receiving Su Xiao's answer, Enwei showed a true expression.
"As expected, let's change the trading chips. Are you interested in getting more Philosopher's Stones?"
Su Xiao's eyes lit up, with a look of longing deliberately in her eyes.
"Of course I'm interested."
"Very good, then we might as well cooperate and help us do things, and we will pay you the Philosopher's Stone."
"you?"
"Yes, we, our power is beyond your imagination. To be precise, you have been helping us do things before, whether it is war or excluding dissidents."
Su Xiao secretly thought that the fox's tail finally leaked out, and Enwei released him from prison, maybe just to recruit him into the gang.
"I want to see Kim Bradley, he must be your leader."
"Hahaha, what do you want to see him do? If you are willing to help us, you can meet our real leader in the future. You can't do that now."
Su Xiao pretended to be deep in thought, as if weighing the pros and cons. Enwei said nothing, waiting for Su Xiao to make a decision.