"I'll show you how we do things at Briggs." "How you do things at Briggs"?" "That's right." "alchemist!" "Brother!" "too!" "Hang on!" "We're..." "You were threatened and forced to help." "right?" "Who's this?" "He's our bro." "too." "Pick up the pace!" "And don't spill any of it!" "Buccaneer!" "Carry those to Gate 8!" "sir!" "Charge!" "Shove him into the elevator!" "What... a drag..." "Push!" "Push!" "All right!" "We can do this!" "turn to starboard!" "ma'am... send him away!" "ma'am!" "All right!" "We did it!" "Where... am I?" "Now!" "Let him have it!" "Good job!" "Now what?" "How do we throw him out of the gate?" "This stuff smells." "brat!" "Hey!" "One more round!" "We're out of ammo!" "In that case..." "That hurt..." "All right!" "It's north-blend fuel." "it absorbs body temperature in no time." "we're in the middle of a blizzard." "He'll freeze all the way to his brain." "So cold..." "My body won't... move..." "What... a drag... dimwit." "haul these three down." "Roger!" "What?" "!" "W-W-Whoa!" "W-W-Why?" "!" "We helped you!" "You were forced to." "Wouldn't that be more convenient for you?" "so be prepared." "It's cold." "Clang"?" "Brother." "that's right." "Yo!" "Did you have a nice nap?" "but..." "So I hear you saved our men." "Thanks." "That'll be 100 cenz." "This wasn't out of gratitude?" "!" "Umm... are there any news?" "The advance unit went to check up on that hole." "They should be back any moment now." "and Major Miles is at the hospital." "Hospital?" "He's there to see the guy who was injured while fighting Scar." "too?" "there you are." "He's awake." "Thanks for yesterday." "You saved our buddies' lives." "don't you?" "We at Briggs consider ourselves a monolith." "too." "Then can't you let your buddy out of" "No can do." "You guys really are a monolith..." "Scar's body wasn't found at the scene of the accident." "There's a possibility he's lurking in the area." "Yes." "Good lord... the cat... and now we also need to search for Scar?" "Understood." "Leave Scar to us and focus on getting better." "Wait a second." "I want you all to stay out of this." "The Ishbalan is my prey." "we're not so soft as to let a mass murderer do whatever he wants here at Briggs." "We believe in the survival of the fittest." "you die." "Understand?" "and you'll never be able to leave the hospital." "We at Briggs have been commanded to take care of you." "So stay put." "Just as I remember." "Ishbalans are so interesting." "Kimblee?" "Lieutenant General Raven." "I rushed here after I heard about your injury." "You had me worried." "right?" "Very well." "time to get to work." "I'm..." "I brought a doctor well-versed in alchemy." "And we have the stone." "You'll be well in no time." "Eastern Alchemy is quite difficult." "Especially this whole concept of the "veins of the dragon"." "It's to describe the power running through the earth." "Power running through the earth? and enriches the earth." "Think of it as a river that runs through the earth." "its entrances and exits..." "You can apply it to practically anything." "as well?" "it does!" "For example... your hip!" "My foot... right here!" "Why did I feel that in my eyes after having my neck pressed?" "Dr. Marcoh." "The power in your body is stagnant in many places." "I-I see now..." "So this is what makes long-distance transmutation possible." "So your alchemy doesn't use the veins of the dragon?" "Yeah." "We use the energy created by tectonic movements." "The immense amount of energy that is released by earthquakes and volcanic activity." "This country's alchemy uses that energy." "But that's not it." "I felt like something was out of place..." "I finally realized what once I went underground in Central... which flows beneath our feet feels more like it's coming from thousands of people squirming about rather than energy created by tectonic movement." "It's huge." "A platoon should be able to get through." "following a loose curve." "But there aren't any signs of people down there." "Take the horses down." "ma'am!" "too." "Wow..." "It really is huge." "I can't believe we let him break in without noticing all this was going on..." "So this is the first time Briggs has been invaded?" "yes." "there was a case when our security guards were attacked during midwinter." "a mysterious woman kept stealing food and supplies from them for an entire month." "I survived in Briggs in the winter for a month!" "It has to be her..." "I guess this is far enough." "Get off." "Now..." "You don't have to worry about anyone eavesdropping on us down here." "Tell me everything you know." "I mean everything." "Don't hide anything." "did you not?" "you believed that I would realize your situation." "yet you still summoned those words." "even if it meant you'd lose your life doing so." "a hostage." "I want you to cut the bullshit." "Tell me the truth." "We need your help." "Philosopher's stones..." "Homunculi... and a man who is referred to as Father..." "And the entire upper echelon is guilty.... people were being taken hostage." "A friend of yours who is an automail mechanic and Mustang's men... so I know Hawkeye and Havoc." "It would be a big loss to lose them." "I wish I could do something." "Umm... what about Colonel Mustang?" "Oh..." "I don't really care about him." "so I have one less rival to worry about." "we need to decide what to do now." "How do you alchemists see this underground path?" "I don't think this tunnel was dug from Drachma." "but it seems as though this tunnel was dug to create a large circle." "A circle?" "A circle governs the circulation of power in alchemy and is an important factor." "for the equation... do you know the major incidents within the country that resulted in a lot of bloodshed?" "Bloodshed?" "How would that..." "The Riviere Incident in July of 1558." "Let's see..." "Riviere." "The civil war in Cameron in October of 1661." "February 1799." "That happened in Fisk." "March 1811." "northwest of where South City is today." "just south of Fortsett." "What about Pendleton to the west?" "a neighboring nation." "in 1914." "Severe casualties." "Wai" "A riot?" "!" "Why?" "!" "Didn't we report the situation to Eastern Headquarters immediately after we exposed the fake priest?" "!" "It was the Central army." "They came and made the Eastern army withdraw." "Liore turned into a mess after that." "No way..." "Dammit!" "Fullmetal." "I know." "Now we're going to connect the dots." "How could this be?" "!" "It's almost identical to the transmutation circle we found under Research Laboratory 5!" "which uses human lives..." "Just how many people will die with such a large transmutation circle?" "!" "I once asked Envy if they were trying to create a philosopher's stone using this country." "But he laughed and told me I was close." "which lies beyond the truth." "What I meant by the "truth" was that the stones are made of live humans." "And what I meant by "beyond the truth" is the existence of the ones behind it." "And the truth beyond the truth is the transmutation of a philosopher's stone using the entire nation." "But that's not where it ends." "We don't know what they're planning to do in the end." "which is what you're looking for." "So you mustn't long for a philosopher's stone." "We must decipher this research by combining my knowledge of alchemy and your knowledge of Eastern Alchemy." "Right." "The oldest one was in 1558..." "Right after Amestris was founded." "which was once a neighboring country..." "Hang on!" "This is..." "The military is involved in every one of these incidents." "too." "The Central Army came out and poured oil on the flames." "Ever since this nation was created?" "!" "but we expanded by annexing the small countries around us." "So it was to create this circle?" "but they created this country to realize their task." "Our country..." "Mr. Hughes..." "Yeah." "He saw the transmutation circle for the stone before he died." "he had access to more resources than anyone else." "He was the first to realize there was something wrong with this country" "Dog of the military." "State Alchemist!" "Do you have any idea what this country is trying to do?" "!" "Do you really think all this prosperity was created with the powers of humans only?" "you'd understand why I'm doing this!" "I don't like this!" "the next area that will see bloodshed..." "The only area left is Briggs!" "What do those pigs at Central plan to do with my castle?" "!" "Major General!" "Please return to base at once." "Lieutenant General Raven has come to visit from Central." "huh?" "Major General Armstrong." "There's something I'd like to ask of you." "Could you try and trick Lieutenant General Raven?" "Lieutenant General Raven." "worry not." "It's my fault for coming here without advance notice." "Major General Armstrong will be back shortly." "follow me- that's right." "I've brought a guest with me." "do you mind giving him a tour of the fort?" "Major Miles." "Winry's apple pie." "The thing I said I'd like to eat when I get my body back." "I guess we have more important things to think about now." "you'll be able to eat it someday." "After we get our bodies back and beat the crap out of those guys planning to use this country for their own goals." "Yeah." "Lieutenant General." "We were attacked by the enemy." "Attacked?" "but the thing was... what you'd call a monster." "What do you mean by monster?" "It didn't die no matter what we did to it." "my." "That sounds troublesome." "but the Elric Brothers..." "We've taken in the Fullmetal Alchemist and his younger brother by chance." "It seems as though they know something about the monster but won't say anything." "so we've arrested them." "Would you like to see them?" "I guess so." "They really won't say anything?" "Yes." "They also claim they came here to research organic transmutation or something." "They're being quite ambiguous." "I couldn't doubt them more." "too." "I couldn't lay a finger on a child like that." "My heart would be crushed... right." "That queen's made of ice to the core." "huh?" "but I'm totally behind in those affairs." "What are you talking about?" "You must be much sought after by the men." "no." "isn't it?" "I'm absolutely horrified of aging." "That biological weapon from Drachma had a wonderful body." "An immortal body." "Isn't it like a dream?" "What if I were to tell you that it may not be long before it isn't just a dream?" "Major General... immortal army?" "He fell for it!" "Obey the ones with power"." "That's the true meaning of the law of the jungle." "obtain greater power." "Because there's always times one must fight power with power." "Fullmetal Alchemist:" "Family Portrait." "Men set out on journeys with determination in their hearts."