Chapter 393: Explosion is Art

Dublith, in a hotel called Magic Kiln.

In a utility room of the hotel, Alphonse's hands and feet were tied, sitting against the wall.

Alphonse is the protagonist's younger brother. Initially, he and his brother performed human transmutation; his brother lost an arm, while he lost his entire body.

The current Alphonse is a tall suit of armor. The armor is empty, and there is a blood seal inside. It is this blood seal that fixes Alphonse's soul to the armor.

Alphonse can move normally, and can even fight or use alchemy, which shows that alchemy has nothing to do with the physical body, but is activated by the soul.

At this time, there is a woman inside Alphonse's armor. To be precise, this woman is not entirely human.

Her name is Martel, a chimera of human and snake. She has the appearance of a normal human and some characteristics of a snake: sensing heat, flexible body, etc.

Martel was inside Alphonse's armor at this time, which could limit Alphonse's actions.

In the room, Greed walked forward and took off Alphonse's iron helmet. Martel came into view.

"Oh~, impressive, it really is hollow."

Greed put the iron helmet back and pointed to himself.

"My name is Greed. I hope we can live in peace."

Greed is a young male, always keeping a smile on his face, wearing small round sunglasses to cover his eyes, which makes it impossible for others to judge his joy or anger.

Behind Greed stood several chimeras. Most of these chimeras maintained human form.

The so-called chimera is to transmute humans and animals, combining the two into one.

The several chimeras behind Greed are finished products. They have their own consciousness and thoughts, can independently execute missions, and possess some animal abilities.

Some of these chimeras are human-crocodile chimeras, and some are human-lizard chimeras.

The strongest chimeras are three people: Roa (male), a human-cow chimera; Dolcetto (male), a human-dog chimera; and Martel (female), a human-snake chimera.

The three are the main subordinates of Greed.

After Greed introduced these chimeras to Alphonse, Alphonse couldn't believe it.

"Impossible, I've seen chimeras; they have no ability to communicate at all. Your subordinates are no different from humans."

"Surprised? This is the truth."

Greed didn't explain anything. Alphonse is a prisoner now, and he has no need to explain to the other party.

"Who transmuted them?"

Alphonse remembered the little girl he had seen. That little girl was transmuted with a dog, becoming neither human nor ghost, and the culprit was the little girl's father, who was a State Alchemist.

"The military."

"How is that possible."

"There is always darkness in the world that cannot be seen. Besides, I am not a chimera; I am a homunculus. There is a purpose for capturing you this time."

Greed looked at Alphonse with greed in his eyes.

"How can the soul be extracted separately and fixed to something like you? Your situation is already very similar to eternal life."

Greed captured Alphonse for this purpose. He wanted to obtain the technology to extract and fix souls. Although he looks young, the energy of the Philosopher's Stone in his body will eventually run out, and his time is running out.

"The big sister in your body is not very honest. If the blood seal is accidentally erased..."

The threat was already very obvious, but Alphonse shook his head.

"I don't know. When the soul was fixed to the armor, I had no memory."

Greed's eyes narrowed.

"Don't want to say? Then I'll change the way I ask. I must obtain the method of eternal life."

"Eternal life? Will homunculi also grow old and die?"

"Of course. Although my body is stronger than an ordinary person, it needs Father to re-transmute it after maintaining it for at most two hundred years. My time is running out, so don't anger me."

Alphonse was silent; he wouldn't betray his brother.

The door was pushed open, and a man walked into the room.

"You no longer need to obtain the method of eternal life."

Su Xiao walked into the room, followed by Bubu Teni.

"Is this your masterpiece?"

Greed pointed to Alphonse.

"Yes, it is my masterpiece."

Light flickered in Su Xiao's hand, and a special-grade alchemical bomb appeared in his hand.

"This is the main material for fixing souls. As an exchange, tell me the manufacturing method of homunculi."

Throwing the special-grade alchemical bomb in his hand, Su Xiao blocked the door.

"Don't take me for a fool, Explosion Alchemist."

"Oh? Recognize me? Then let's be straightforward. Kidnapping the family of a State Alchemist, I might not be able to sit idly by."

This was just an excuse, and this excuse could be used to kill people openly.

"Tch, meddling."

Greed waved his hand.

"Kill him, be careful, this guy is a bomb maniac."

"Yes."

The chimeras behind Greed slowly approached Su Xiao.

Su Xiao threw the alchemical bomb in his hand and flashed out of the room.

Boom!

An explosion sound that resounded through the entire block came, and civilians screamed repeatedly in fear.

The explosion subsided, and the thick smoke made Su Xiao cough a few times. The room where Greed was before had been blown through.

A large pit appeared on the ground, and the remains of several chimeras were scattered around.

Greed had escaped with Alphonse, along with three chimeras.

Su Xiao sensed the direction Greed escaped; it was downward.

In the sewer, Greed was carrying Alphonse and running fast. Alphonse's armor was somewhat distorted; it seemed he had been blown up quite badly.

"This guy is the Explosion Alchemist? He's simply a bomb maniac."

Roa (cow) had only his head left, having died a long time ago. As for Dolcetto (dog), he was nowhere to be seen—not that he had escaped, but he had been blown to pieces.

"Stop talking nonsense, run fast. That guy is a lunatic. In the Ishval Annihilation War, that guy killed the most people."

Greed ran quickly in front. He wasn't injured; he could harden his body surface. This is his ability, the Ultimate Shield, and his recovery power is the strongest among homunculi.

Boom!

An explosion sound came from above their heads, and a large hole was blown out of the sewer ceiling.

Su Xiao jumped down from the hole and blocked in front of Greed and the others.

"Must we fight? You and the Fullmetal Alchemist should have nothing to do with each other, why meddle in other people's business?"

Greed didn't seem to want to fight Su Xiao. Su Xiao didn't speak, just blocked in front of the few people.

"It seems we can only fight."

Greed's skin turned pitch black. He extracted the carbon molecules in his body to form a carbon layer on the skin surface. When the density of carbon reaches a certain level, the hardness is beyond imagination.

Greed's appearance changed greatly, his whole body pitch black, his hair disappeared, and the top of his head was bald.

Two sharp fangs protruded from Greed's lower jaw, and Greed moved his neck.

"Haven't used this form for a long time. This form is too ugly. Alchemist, your bombs are already ineffective against me."

Greed sneered and gradually approached Su Xiao.

"Really ineffective?"

Su Xiao waved his palm, and dozens of special-grade alchemical bombs scattered on the ground. These alchemical bombs turned into white snakes.

"Hey hey, did I make a mistake? What's with this quantity?" ===== CHAPTER 394 =====