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Shuuchuu dekite'nai na mada karada ga mayotte iru n da

Furuete ita n ja kontorooru shitatte bureru n da

Taiyou mo tsuki mo nan mo kanzen ni kotchi muite'nai ga

"yaru shika nai n da" iikikaseru you ni sou tsubuyaita

Joukyou wa warui ga tada nigedasu n ja konjou nai naa

Tenbou wa nai ga dokyou de kuria suru shika nai ya

Shoudou wa osaeta mama taagetto tono kankaku sagure

Hitsuyou na mon wa katsu puraido

Ajiwau no wa shouri no bishu ka soretomo haiboku no kujuu ka

Sou subete wa futatsu ni hitotsu ayatsuritai unmei no ito

Zekkou no goorudentaimu kono te de tsukame

Konshin no pookaafeisu kimete shikakeru yo

iryuujon no sekai e hikizurikonde

saigen nai puresshaa geemu sururi to nukete

eikou no boodaarain tobikoeru tame ni

hau menii? Dore kurai no daishou ga iru?

Tebanashitakunai mon wa dore?

It's true...

This does look just like her...

My little one is cute, isn't she?

Definitely not her!

I know!

For that matter, we don't have time to be playing along

with such a minor joke!

Really...

Where could she be?

East City! East City!

New intel on Scar.

Is he still on the lam?

He never gives up.

Oh, my, I'm so sorry.

Not at all. I'm sorry I wasn't watching where I was going.

Such unusual clothing. Are you from another country?

I'm from Xing.

Oh, my. Are you here sightseeing?

There isn't much to look at here in East City.

No, I'm just here transferring trains.

I'm heading north from here.

The train bound for North City

- Oh, no! - is departing from Platform 3.

- Thank you, Ma'am. - All passengers, please hurry aboard.

Take care, okay?

What an unusual kitty-cat.

Where did he go?

I know I heard footsteps.

Over there!

He was together with a middle-aged man who had black hair, right?

Yes, that was the report we got.

This was yesterday...

West, huh?

There were several people wounded to various degrees here.

Scar must be getting desperate.

I have to say, though...

...he's being too conspicuous.

Well then,

let's get to work.

Hmph... Well, no matter. It's none of my business.

It looks like a funeral.

Yes, so it would seem.

Such an awful thing. When you get to be my age,

all you do is wonder when you're going to end up like that.

Whatever do you mean, Ma'am? You still look quite young to me.

General Grumman, sir?

We were to meet up in front of General Hughes' grave, right?

For you to use your last-ditch measure,

I figured it had to be something serious.

Just to be safe, I put on this disguise.

Wow, I see why you're famous for being eccentric, General Grumman.

I wasn't expecting such a disguise.

Eccentric? I shall take that as a compliment.

So, what do you need?

Alkahestry...

We might be able to find out something about it from the Central Library.

Yeah. As long as we can't locate that beansprout girl,

we have no choice but to look into it ourselves.

I hope we can find even a small clue about it.

I see. The Central senior staff have all gone dark, huh?

You've lost too much for the information you've gained.

With the men that you can trust stripped away from you,

you won't get anywhere.

Yes, sir. I don't know what to say.

Even Raven, huh?

It wasn't too long ago that I came to Central, and Raven asked me...

...would I be interested in an utterly immortal corps of soldiers?

An immortal corps?

I wonder if he meant Homunculi.

Immortality is nonsense. I told him so, and turned him down.

And then, immediately afterward,

I was shunted off to the Eastern Command Center.

You were demoted?

As a result, I've ended up stuck having to clean up

all of the upsetting messes in the Eastern Area.

Speaking of upsetting, do you remember the insurrection in Liore?

The incident where the false priest of Leto's schemes

were uncovered by the Fullmetal Alchemist?

Yes, I remember.

Liore fell into all-out chaos,

but at the beginning stages, the Eastern forces acted quickly,

and kept the uprising under control.

However, the Central forces came in,

and the Eastern forces were dismissed, weren't they?

Yes.

The peace in Liore quickly disintegrated

after the Central forces moved in.

What are those folks in Central cooking up?

Ah, mercy sakes!

Can't they keep things peaceful and quiet until after I retire?

There you go again with the jokes.

General Grumman, someone like you

isn't the least bit satisfied being the chief

of some provincial territory, are you?

Not when you are in command of the Eastern forces,

hardy soldiers who are veterans of Ishval.

I figured you'd be coming crying to me

when you used the note with my top-secret contact number on it,

but you've called me here to get me stirred up?

My word, as a result of things in Central getting interesting,

the embers of my ambition, which had almost gone out,

have started to flare back up again.

If you get too fired up, your makeup will come off, Ma'am.

Oh, good gracious!

Do you have any free time later, sir?

If you like, we could have some tea somewhere.

Oh, I'm sorry. I do appreciate the invitation.

It's no use.

Why is there so little description about alkahestry?

We may as well just go over to Xing and learn the real thing.

On the other hand, crossing the desert with this automail...

I've found you, Edward Elric.

M-Major! What are you doing?!

Shh! Keep quiet inside the library.

I understand you're after a Xingese girl

who has a black and white cat.

Yeah. But how do you know that?

Colonel Mustang told me. I am running errands for the colonel today.

Word is that the girl is headed north.

According to eyewitnesses, she is headed from East City to the north.

North, huh? All right! Knowing that much, I can act!

Major, thank you. Thank the colonel for me, too.

Hold on, hold on, don't be hasty.

Take this with you.

What is it?

A letter of introduction. It may not be of much use, though.

First, see her.

See her? See who?

Farther north from the Northern Command Center...

...is a general, nicknamed the Northern Wall of Briggs,

who defends our border with Drachma...

Major General Armstrong.

Hurry.

Scar, you can't get away!

Where did they go?!

Report this to the command center! That train is bound for West City!

Damn!

I can't find very many details about alkahestry at all.

That May girl's long-range alchemy was pretty incredible.

I sure wish we could use it.

I should have asked her more about it when we were at Dr. Knocs' place.

Ling said it was a specialized technique for the medical field.

Are you the Fullmetal Alchemist's brother,

the one in the large suit of armor?

Y-Yes, I am.

Amazing!

Thanks. I mean, you should keep quiet inside the library.

Oh, sorry.

What is that you're studying?

Alkahestry.

Alkahestry?

It's alchemy from the country of Xing.

Oh, yeah? The country of Xing?

But you Elric brothers are masterful enough

to earn your state certifications here in Amestris,

which is a major alchemic power, right?

So why are you looking into the minor alchemy of a foreign country?

I can't tell him that I'm looking for a way to get my body back,

or to fight back against the Homunculi.

Well...

They say that alkahestry is specialized toward medical uses.

I'm researching whether or not there are any new possibilities

of using it as a technique to save people's lives.

Wow! Just what I'd expect of the Elric brothers I've heard about.

Al! Alphonse!

Get everything ready! We're leaving!

Brother, keep it down inside the library.

And where are we going?

I'll fill you in as we're walking. In any case, we're taking off.

Get our stuff at the hotel together.

Hmm? Who's the kid?

If you're Mr. Armor's brother,

does that mean you're Edward, the State Alchemist?

Yeah.

Wow! You're a teeny alchemist, just like everyone says!

H-H-Hey, y-you, s-say that one more time. Say it one more time,

and you'll go flying. Out as far as Neptune!

Wow, you snap when people call you small, just like everyone says.

Step away from Master Selim.

Ah, no, don't shoot him.

By any chance, are you Selim Bradley?

The Fuhrer's son?

Yes, I am.

How did this happen? We're supposed to be heading north.

Don't look at me.

Sorry about that.

He has been in awe of you for so long, Edward.

l-In awe of me?!

Selim, do you like alchemy?

Yes. My dream is to learn alchemy,

and become a State Alchemist, just like Edward.

In awe of me?

And then, I want to help out my father!

Do you like your father... Fuhrer King Bradley?

Of course I do.

What kind of man is your father?

He's a fine man.

He endures a demanding job that would make a normal man shriek,

and thinks and acts only for the nation's people every day.

You don't say.

The Fuhrer does seem to be busy every day.

That's true. He still means to stay on active duty

and work himself ragged.

As old as he is, he ought to take it easier.

He's been devoted to work since way back.

He could handle his job, but he's an oaf who never understood women.

He was such a rude man, I even slapped him.

It must have been fate, because we started seeing each other,

and our first date was something else...

Oh, dear, listen to me go on about him!

Father!

My...

Welcome home!

Sure, Selim.

What is the matter?

I had some free time, for a change, so I came to see your faces.

And then, I heard that the Fullmetal Alchemist was here.

- Hi there. - Long time no see.

We just saw each other at the Central Command Center, didn't we?

Oh, so you ran into them at the library?

Yes.

You're thinking that he doesn't look like me?

N-No, it's not that...

I have no blood relation to him.

We were unable to have any children.

So, we're raising a relative's son as a foster child.

He really has grown up to be a kind, devoted son.

Cut it out, Father.

You're embarrassing me.

It's the truth, though.

Something on your mind?

N-No, it's just that we never see you, except at the command center,

so, I mean, you know?

There's what you might call an "image gap."

I see.

I, too, have a family. Me, too.

It may be a little different from your family, though.

Father, are you leaving already?

Yes, it's about time I got back to my duties.

Please, make yourself at home...

...state Alchemist.

Let's go.

Please, come visit again sometime, okay?

Yeah, see you later.

Neither the wife nor the son know that the Fuhrer is a Homunculus.

Anyway, north! We're going north!

We'll catch that beansprout girl,

and get the secrets of alkahestry out of her.

Mm-hmm.

We'll arrive there in the morning. Get some sleep.

I see. So he managed to succeed in escaping?

This is a map of the West Area, right?

Y-Yes.

He was last spotted... here.

West City is here.

Scar and Marcoh disappeared somewhere in between.

You slow down considerably around curves, right?

Is it possible that they jumped off?

There's no reason why they couldn't have,

but it's very dangerous.

You don't say.

Now then, after they jumped off, which way would they have fled?

North, or south?

Megurimegutte mo mata koko de aitai

Hagurenai you ni kono te wo tsunagu n da

Asahi ga noboru made katariatta ne

Yuuhi ga shizumu made tsunaida te

Kou yatte asu mo asatte mo tomo ni ayumou hikari to kage

Sabishige ni mitsumeru machi no naka de

nukumori wa hitori ja mitsukaranakute

ai ga konna ni tsuyosa ni naru koto

shitta n da kimi ni deaete hajimete

Megurimegutte mo mata koko de aitai

Hagurenai you ni kono te wo tsunagu n da

Hitori ja nemurenai yume wa mirenai kara

Donna fuan mo todokanai tokoro e

hoshi no nai yoru mo terashitsuzukeyou

Doko made mo ikeru kimi to nara

Hitori ja arukenai michi mo futari nara

hanauta utainagara arukeru n da

Kimi ga ireba shiawase

Won't this be the first time we've ever gone up north?

Yeah, it is.

I wonder if we'll see any snow.

Snow, huh? It never really piled up when we were in Resembool, did it?

The pursuer, and the pursued...

Madness and hatred collide in a world of white.

An unprecedented struggle opens the doorway into a new world.

Next time on Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist,

Episode 33: "The Northern Wall of Briggs."

Her golden hair is flame, made of ice.