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You... performed human transmutation?

You have committed that which is most sanctioned!

You've had your bodies taken over to the other side!

So this is why you have the title "Fullmetal"!

The Fullmetal Alchemist!

BODY OF THE SANCTIONED

I see. So that's it.

It's no longer any wonder why a kid like you should bear

the stern-sounding title of "Fullmetal."

Rose, alchemy forbids the transmutation of gold.

At the same time, there is one other inherently forbidden practice,

and that is...

human transmutation!

You miserable, foolish kids!

You dabbled in human transmutation without knowing its penalties, didn't you?

- We didn't! We-- - Al!

We just wanted...

We just wanted to see our mom's smiling face one more time...

But you failed!

Yeah, my brother lost his body, and I lost my left leg and right arm.

This is what happens when two people try to bring a person back to life.

Rose, this is what it takes to bring someone back to life.

Are you prepared to go through it?

There is no need for concern.

I have received this Philosopher's Stone from Leto.

And besides, I am not inexperienced, the way they were.

Don't be ridiculous!

No matter what you offer in return, there are some things that can't be done!

Then why do you want the Philosopher's Stone?

You think that if you had this, you could bring about your mom's transmutation?

You've got it wrong, baldy.

We just want to get our original bodies back.

That is, if we can get them back.

We'll ask you one more time. Please give us the Philosopher's Stone.

State Alchemist, may the wrath of God befall you.

Get down here, third-string! I'll show you the difference between our levels!

Wretched fools!

That was close.

Minister!

Why, you...!

Al! This way!

You fools! There's only one way out!

If there's no way out...

I'll just have to make one!

What?

After them! Catch them!

Minister...

That ring... Is that the work of the god of alchemy?

Whether one calls it alchemy or not depends on the person.

However, what they can't do, I am able to.

I've kept you waiting, huh?

Rose...

Cain...?

Rose...

Cain has had his spirit resurrected first through Leto's work.

His body should also become complete in a few days.

Minister... this is the work of God, isn't it?

If all we wanted to do was take the Philosopher's Stone,

it's not like we couldn't have done it.

This evening, a pair of unbelievers sought the minister's life.

One of them is short and the other is wearing an ancient armor.

- Over there! - The minister asks that the faithful...

- They aren't here. - ...refrain from...

- Go check over there! - ...venturing outside...

- Hey, go check over there! - ...so as not to suffer any harm.

No question about it. That's the guy-- The short, strange kid!

Who are you calling an ultra-hyper-pipsqueak?

I never called you all that!

Anyhow, why don't you just simmer down?

How could you go after the minister's life like that?

Right! How terrible-- A sweet boy like you!

Listen, his miracles are nothing more than alchemy.

By decomposing and restructuring matter--

That's a lie!

Moments ago, my boyfriend, Cain, returned to me.

That's terrific, Rose!

After dying in an accident, Cain has come back to life, huh?

There, you see? It's not just Rose, either!

- There are many others, too! - She's right!

If that's not a miracle, then tell me what is!

Has anyone here actually seen any of those guys?

Everyone is said to have left town afterwards--

Silence!

- The statues of Leto! - It's a miracle!

Al!

Give it back!

So this is the proof that you are a State Alchemist, is it?

It's the first time I've ever seen one of these.

The reason why you can transmute without a transmutation circle

is because this thing works like an amplifier, right?

I didn't get any sleep at all.

The bell! It's gone.

Feed it to me! Since my hands are like this.

Was it really your boyfriend?

The Philosopher's Stone is our secret alone...

right?

Cain, I'm sorry. I just had to talk to you a little...

Rose...

Minister! I'm terribly sorry about taking the key without permission.

I'm sorry, Rose. Even with the power of the Philosopher's Stone,

all I could do was offer up the lives of the birds to God

in an attempt to replace them with the life of another, you see.

Perhaps this chimera, which tweets with Cain's voice, is not to your liking?

Give my regards to Cain.

Rose... Rose...

There is only one other who knows the secret of the Philosopher's Stone.

It's dangerous here. Let's go.

Quickly.

Your flim-flamming is going to be found out soon enough.

The faithful are not likely to distinguish between alchemy and the works of God.

No. To them, they are the same and it makes them happy.

So then, what's in it for you?

The basic principle of alchemy is equivalent exchange.

If you're trying to obtain something,

you have to pay for it with something of appropriate value.

People say that my brother is a prodigy at it,

but it's only because he has paid the price

to become who he is now.

You paid the price, didn't you?

An arm, a leg, a body...

And yet, you're trying to take them back now.

Your mother, what happened to her?

Okay, I guess it's time I got started.

- So, you're just after the money, huh? - Ed?

I can get all the money I want from the donations of the faithful.

What I want are believers who would gladly throw their own lives away for me.

They believe in resurrection through me and are not afraid to die.

In time, they will become an invincible army.

Just you watch, in a few years, I will set out to tear this country apart!

- It makes no difference to me. - What?

After all, you really can't bring anyone back to life, right?

Of course not!

Even if I used the Philosopher's Stone, there's no telling what would happen

if I performed human transmutation.

Why would I risk it for the sake of the faithful,

who are nothing but my pawns?

What?

How long--? How long has that mic been on?

The whole time you've been here.

- How did you get my broadcast equipment? - That was my brother.

What got busted up yesterday was just some junk

that I transmuted to look like him.

No! It's all a lie! You must not believe it!

Like I said, I'm on a whole different level!

Minister, was that broadcast just now for real?

I do not know what the unbeliever has broadcast using my voice,

but it was all a conspiracy!

As a testament to this,

I will eradicate the unbeliever by the power of God!

This is the power of God!

- It's a miracle! - The statues of Leto!

Give it up, will you?

Without this,

you're limited to transmuting your own automail, aren't you?

Pops, I'm about to show you the real hammer of God!

Impossible!

Not even with the Philosopher's Stone could something so gigantic be moved!

The watch has nothing to do with it. My brother is the Fullmetal Alchemist!

I won't let you have it! I won't let you have the Philosopher's Stone!

Rebound?

An imitation?

After all the commotion you've raised...

After all the trouble you gave me, it was a fake?

Stop jerking me around!

That was quite a wild goose chase, huh?

And here I thought we were finally going to be able to restore your body.

You should come first, brother.

That automail is hard on you, after all.

Nothing more to do but keep searching, I guess.

How could you do that to us?

The way we see it, the minister's miracles gave us hope.

If we believed, even dead people could come back to life.

That was the only hope we had!

Are you saying we should have left everything the way it was?

What am I supposed to cling to, as I go on living from now on?

Tell me!

You'll have to decide that for yourself.

Get up and walk. Move forward.

You've got some fine legs there, don't you?

I think my brother did all this for you.

He shouldn't have bothered!

We've seen all sorts of things.

How can this be?

That thing you gave me wasn't the real Philosopher's Stone?

Of course not. This city is just a decoy, after all.

Those who hear stories about the Philosopher's Stone gather here,

and then...

Who are you guys? What's your purpose here?

Lust, is it okay if I eat this old man?

Where did that miserable Cornello run away to?

That rotten, false minister!

What is all this?

- What happened here? - This is awful.

Minister?

- It's a miracle. - Are you sure it's not another trick?

But they came back to life!

It seems that the devil worked wickedness in my absence.

Is everyone all right?

You're the real minister,

Cornello-sama!

- We were deceived by that kid! - That's right!

Envy, I'm sorry, but we must ask you to keep that form for a little while.

We've seen all sorts of things.

I'm going to tell you about them.

You must not go down the same path as us.

That's what I believe.

We were born and raised in a small village,

east of Central, named Resembool.

That's where everything began.

- Mom! - Mom, look, look!

- See? - Oh, my!

Brother made it. This is all I can do for now.

Incredible, both of you! You certainly are his children!

Man cannot obtain anything without first sacrificing something.

In order to obtain anything, something of equal value is required.

That is alchemy's Law of Equivalent Exchange.

At the time, we believed that to be the true way of the world.

Fullmetal Alchemist...

Episode three: "Mother"

I loved Mom's lullabies.

Mom's stew tasted like milk, but my brother loved it.

That's why we had to...