Do you remember, Kimblee, when we first met?
- The situation is reversed now! - Don't you look down on me!
Kimblee! Why, you!
Why? Why is Winry here?
Here we've finally cornered Scar, and now he's taken her hostage!
Stand aside.
You dumbass!
Stop, Crimson Alchemist! Can't you see Winry up there?
I wish you would keep out of my way.
Just a moment, Scar!
Mr. Kimblee! It's too dangerous to get close to the building!
Fall back!
- A snowstorm is moving in! - Hurry!
- That was a convincing performance. - It wasn't a performance.
I really am seething with anger at how worthless I am,
having to put on a charade like this.
Why did you kill my mom and dad?
Anything I say would only be an excuse.
The fact remains, I killed the Doctors Rockbell.
With this hand.
Young girl, you have every right to pass judgment on me.
Your arm... You're going to bleed to death if we don't do something.
- Winry. - I know.
But this is probably what Mom and Dad did, too.
Mom and Dad saved his life, after all.
I think there's some sort of meaning in that.
You are forgiving me?
Don't get me wrong. I'm not forgiving your wantonness.
- Winry... - It's all right. I'm not going to cry.
I promised you that the next time I cried, they'd be tears of joy.
Hey, Scar.
That may be what Winry says, but I still want to beat you to a pulp
and drag you out to the Rockbell family grave!
- Should we contact headquarters? - Yeah.
Miles, wasn't it?
- Can I ask you something? - What is it?
You called me one of your people.
That's right. I'm Ishvalan, on my grandfather's side.
I wish we didn't have to meet like this, my red-eyed brother.
Why do you take part in the Amestrisian armed forces?
In order to change the minds of the people in this country
regarding Ishvalans from the inside.
I doubt it's going to be so easy to change minds.
There's no telling how long it will take.
But there's something I can do because of my mixed blood.
I am an Ishvalan pebble, tossed into the Amestrisian armed forces,
and in time, perhaps my small ripples may become great waves.
And ironically enough,
it was a native-born Amestrisian that made me realize it.
I am the festering discharge of hatred, born of that civil war.
I am glad that there are those like you.
Major...
Headquarters? This is Miles.
We've captured Scar in a building in Area D.
Inform Kimblee.
Whatever your circumstances might be, I cannot let you go.
You must accept the judgment due to you.
- Just a moment! - Who are you?
May! Dr. Marcoh!
Please don't take that man away.
This isn't looking good, Mr. Kimblee.
The clouds are moving fast. There's a storm coming in.
Hurry it up.
Deciphering research notes?
It's ground-breaking research that attempts to fuse
Amestrisian alchemy and Xingese alkahestry.
But all of the critical parts are written in ancient Ishvalan.
Scar is the only one who can read it. So you see...
You're the alkahestry girl, aren't you?
I have orders to bring you back to the fort.
Me?
Don't worry. You're to receive a warm welcome.
Well now, if Scar can't be captured
and it would be bad if they found out that Marcoh is here...
It might be best to hide all of you together at Fort Briggs.
Hold on a second. What do you mean?
Are you telling me we're bringing him, too?
We need him to decipher the research notes, right?
To think that we need this guy's help...
- Just hand him over to Kimblee already! - The countrywide transmutation circle
and the origins of this country...
I heard all about it from General Armstrong.
Something is about to happen that is going to engulf all of Amestris.
Deciphering the research notes is more important than anything, isn't it?
I heard that the Rockbell girl is being kept as their hostage.
If we act now, we can disgrace Kimblee and hide her away.
Scar, if you work with us, I will postpone your judgment until later.
What do you say?
It appears that I don't have any other choice.
I promise to work with you.
You're sincere?
I swear it on my Ishvalan blood, my red-eyed brother.
That's that.
I'm sorry, miss, but you'll have to wait a short while for him to be punished.
Okay.
Come to think of it. I forgot about these guys.
- Dispose of them. - Yes, sir.
Hey!
Just a minute! You don't have to kill them!
There's no value in leaving them alive. Kill them.
No, it's not about value. Isn't there any way to let them live?
Are you showing us mercy? Is that it?
Who asked you, you sentimental know-nothing?
In the bodies we have, we know what lies ahead for us anyhow.
If you're gonna kill us, then do it.
Misters, don't you have families or loved ones?
Sure we do.
But once we got these bodies, they were told that we were dead.
We haven't seen them since.
Don't you want to see them?
Even if we do, there's no way we can, in our shape.
Then you don't want to go back to your original bodies.
You're content with the bodies you have?
- No way we could be! - Of course we want to go back!
There's your answer, right?
Don't go talking to me about "anyhows" or "no ways".
Not without investigating the possibility of getting your original bodies back.
- What could you possibly know about us? - What possibility is there of going back?
I'm going back. No matter how many years it takes.
I'm not going to give up.
Major!
- What is it? - This is bad.
There's going to be a storm.
We can't conduct a snowbound march with the equipment here.
We won't be able to reach the fort at this rate.
What do we do?
This is a mining town, right?
Why don't we just use the underground tunnels?
What? I mean, as large as this mine is,
there has to be a tunnel that goes beyond the mountain... I think.
- That's it! - Mr. Yoki!
Give a little credit to the former mine proprietor.
We can make it. The tunnels come out past the mountain.
All right. Once you meet some soldiers from Fort Briggs, give them this.
I've written down what's going on inside, so they will provide you with shelter.
Thank you.
That leaves the matter of the young lady.
Assuming she comes together with us, when it comes out that she's gone missing,
the Elric brothers will be the first ones they suspect, won't they?
We can handle ourselves.
I don't mean to brag, but when it comes to having a smooth tongue...
No, this is the skeptical Kimblee we're dealing with.
If you try anything half-cocked, it will just make him more suspicious.
I hate to be the one to suggest this, but...
What if I were to be taken hostage by Scar?
Kidnapped?
So what you're saying is, let him go?
Yes, Scar will run away, carrying me.
Ed, you and the others will try desperately to stop him,
or so it will look like to those who are after us.
- How can you do anything so dangerous? - My life is in their hands!
So unless I risk my life to escape, I won't get away!
But to go together with Scar...
Yeah! There's no need for you to risk your life!
You guys, stop, always taking everything upon yourselves!
Make up your minds quickly. The storm is closing in.
Soon, we won't be able to set one foot out of here.
Kimblee's forces are within sight!
Damn it all!
- Scar, if you pull anything... - I know. I will keep my promise.
Us, too...
Take us with you, too!
I know you don't trust us, so we don't mind if you take us in cuffs.
Mr. Kimblee is merciless to troops who can't do their jobs.
One way or the other, we're dead.
Besides, we don't want to give up, either.
You're sure we can trust you?
If you do anything to obstruct us, the country could be destroyed.
Including your loved ones.
Hold on a minute! What do you mean by that?
The Central forces weren't told anything about this!
Tell us more! What's going on?
- You're sure about this? - Yeah.
You'll be able to rest easier this way, too.
Scar, give us a good show.
All right.
You keep your oath on your Ishvalan blood.
Miss, your ear piercings.
They're made of metal, right?
If you don't take them out, you'll get frostbite.
Ed.
You hang onto these.
I'll be waiting for you at the fort.
Kimblee! Why, you! How come you didn't keep an eye on Winry?
I'm worried about Zampano and Gerso.
Either Scar did them in or they're trapped out in this storm.
Scar won't be able to move, either.
He must be somewhere in this town.
Let's make arrangements for our next search operation now while we can.
Man, this storm really saved our hides.
Please let them reach the fort, quickly.
Major Miles, Briggs is on the line for you.
This is Miles.
What?
So then, you're the daughter of the Rockbells?
You knew my parents?
There isn't a doctor that went through Ishval
that doesn't know their names.
They stuck to their physician's duty without any regard for themselves.
I'm not forgiving your wantonness.
You must abide this.
And forgive what the armed forces have done?
"Forgiving" is not "abiding".
You must not forgive the wantonness of the world.
As a man, you must be indignant at it. But you must abide it.
You must sever the chain of hatred.
If negative feelings come together,
the world will be caught in a stream of negativity.
On the other hand, if positive feelings are brought together,
we can also make the world a positive stream.
That's the reason why I'm learning alchemy.
Oh, here it is, here it is.
What is this place?
The mine's staff room. In here should be...
Here it is. See? A detailed map of the tunnels.
Looks complicated. I can't tell what is what.
We need to go through here, here, and here.
- Ho, you're amazing. - Keep the praise coming.
At this rate, we should get to the other side of the mountain
quicker than we thought.
Say, Dr. Marcoh, are there any hints in those research notes
about how we can get our original bodies back?
There is a possibility.
After all, it is an alchemy that we know nothing about.
We've got great expectations, Doc. I can't wait to see my family again.
And as henpecked as you used to be.
It's only your daughter you miss, isn't it?
What about you? You were such a drunkard.
Your son can't stand you, can he? You think you can face him now?
You would have to say that.
- Is something wrong, May? - No.
Back in my country my clan is waiting for me,
but when I think about when I go back...
The Philosopher's Stone is made from living people.
No one should be allowed to seek it.
Even without the Stone, if he knew how to make one,
His Highness, the Emperor wouldn't hesitate to try it out
and sacrifice a great deal of people.
Just how does one obtain immortality?
It's possible that the answer to that is written in these research notes.
Let's hurry to the fort and carefully decipher them.
- Right. - The fort is no longer safe?
General Armstrong was summoned back to Central.
There are Central forces entering the fort in great numbers.
No doubt at Kimblee's behest.
When we were at the fort, he was making calls pretty frequently, after all.
Hold on. If the general is gone...
A commander affiliated with Bradley will be posted in her place.
Then, what about Winry and the others?
Hiding them just became difficult.
In fact, if they're not careful, they'll fall into enemy hands.
We have to warn Winry and the others somehow.
It will be impossible to catch up to them in this storm.
So are we just going to let them go? I'm going after them.
Don't go belittling the storm, rookie.
You'll lose all your strength in no time flat and freeze to death.
There is a way.
A person with a body that doesn't get tired
and won't freeze to death.
This is worse than I imagined.
Let's see. The marker, the marker...
There it is!
Everything is white. I can't see anything.
What was that just now? My body?
How did...
It's inherently impossible to stick someone's body
together with a different soul.
A body, which by all rights shouldn't have a soul in it...
It's being rejected.
My body is pulling on my soul?
Snap out of it! Snap out of it!
I have to hurry.
Alphonse Elric...
Edward Elric...
And...
Van Hohenheim...
Izumi Curtis is also a possibility.
That leaves one more...