Chapter 395: President

President King Bradley walked in front of Su Xiao, his hands behind his back.

"Do you know... who you killed."

Although King Bradley had a smile on his face, his tone was cold.

Su Xiao's eyes narrowed, his right hand moving unconsciously, ready to take out Zhan Long Shan at any time. The other party held killing intent, and he felt it clearly.

"Who knows, this might be the product of some alchemist."

"Is that really so? Then should I commend your behavior?"

King Bradley's body relaxed; it seems he was not prepared to fight Su Xiao.

The homunculi's team looks powerful, but it is not so. They have a fatal weakness, which is that they cannot see the light.

Father's goal is to refine everyone in Amestris into a Philosopher's Stone. Only a few homunculi and a few military high-ranking officials know about this.

As for Father's purpose in refining the Philosopher's Stone, it is to become a 'God.'

Father is not trying to cultivate immortality or ascend; this is impossible in the Fullmetal Alchemist world.

According to Su Xiao's guess, Father might want to use the Philosopher's Stone to exchange something with the Gate of Truth, or simply want to obtain the Gate of Truth.

In the Fullmetal Alchemist world, obtaining the Gate of Truth can be called a God.

Although Father has survived for hundreds of years, the Philosopher's Stone in his body will eventually run out, and that will be the time of his death.

Father is pursuing a perfect existence; he wants to become a God, an eternal existence.

Although Father looks very strong now, he knows clearly that his current ability is not enough to control Amestris by force, so the homunculi's actions are all in the dark.

King Bradley also knows this. Su Xiao killed Greed, which is true, but Greed is no longer their person and has left for a century.

It is possible to be suspicious, but it is unlikely to fall out with Su Xiao directly.

Su Xiao has already wiped out three homunculi and is preparing to continue. Paper cannot wrap fire; exposure is only a matter of time.

But before exposure, Su Xiao must gain as much advantage as possible, the advantage to fight Father.

It is unlikely for Su Xiao to defeat Father alone, and he never thought about fighting Father one-on-one. That might be the strongest person in the promotion world.

In the original work, there are four forces opposing Father.

The first force is led by the Flame Alchemist, Colonel Ma Sitan.

The second force is the protagonist and the protagonist's blood relatives and master.

The third force is the army of the Northern Wall of Briggs, led by the Ice Queen, Olivier Mira. This force has the largest number of people and extensive connections.

The fourth force is the remnants of Ishval, Scar alone.

Following King Bradley, Su Xiao began to consider which of these four forces could become allies.

First, exclude the protagonist and Scar. He is incompatible with the protagonist team, and he doesn't look favorably on the protagonist team's style of doing things.

Just the belief of not killing will put their side in a passive position. Facing the enemy, they actually think about not killing. You must know that Father controls the political power of a country.

Secondly, exclude Scar. Although this guy's combat power is not bad, Reincarnation Paradise arranged for Su Xiao to participate in the 'Ishval Annihilation War.' After Scar sees Su Xiao, he might roar: 'Go to hell, you devil.'

The remaining two are the best choices: Flame Alchemist Colonel Ma Sitan, Ice Queen Olivier Mira.

Both have armies under their command, and their own strength is not weak. They are not corrupt, of course, this is just a nice way of saying it. Another way of saying it is that they are ruthless enough.

Su Xiao first considers uniting with Flame Alchemist Ma Sitan, because he is about to return to Central City, under the escort of King Bradley.

That's right, it's an escort. It is unlikely for Su Xiao to get away now; only after returning to Central City can he regain his freedom.

Sitting on the train back to Central City, King Bradley sat opposite Su Xiao with a cup of black tea.

"Explosion Alchemist, there was a murder case in Liore recently. I wonder if you have heard of it."

King Bradley's tone was peaceful, as if chatting with a subordinate, but actually hiding murderous intent.

"Murder case? Haven't heard of it. I've been suppressing riots for the past few days, busy running around, no time to read the newspaper."

"Is that so? There are not many competent State Alchemists like you left."

"The President overpraises."

Su Xiao smiled lightly, and the President also showed a smile. Both performed the act of hiding a knife in a smile to the extreme.

It could fall out at any time, but there is no excuse to fall out. This is the President's situation now.

Su Xiao's side is waiting for an opportunity at any time, but the timing is not mature.

He vaguely felt that President King Bradley should have seen something, just because there was no evidence, he couldn't tear his face off with him.

"I wonder if Explosion has any relatives? The record says you have no family. Don't you plan to start a family?"

"No such consideration for the time being. Relatives indeed have none, but there is a friend."

"Oh? Who? Is it an alchemist? If the ability is not weak, you can consider letting him join the State Alchemists. You should know the treatment."

Su Xiao drank black tea and nodded.

"Indeed, but that guy's situation is a bit special."

"What situation."

"He is in prison. We were cellmates before."

Su Xiao looked up at King Bradley, his face full of smiles. The other party asked if he had family, actually testing if he had any weaknesses.

As long as Su Xiao's expression was a little wrong, King Bradley would immediately send someone to investigate. If it was really investigated, the so-called family would immediately become hostages.

"In prison, is it..."

"It's him, Solf J. Kimblee."

"It really surprises me. You were friends."

The President kept silent, seemingly thinking about something.

Finding that the President was no longer testing, Su Xiao leaned back in his seat, thinking about the countermeasures.

The plot of the Fullmetal Alchemist world is actually very simple: Father wants to refine everyone in Amestris into a Philosopher's Stone, the protagonist team and other forces stop it, and finally succeed. It's just that simple.

Although it sounds simple, it is difficult to do.

In the original work, the protagonist team took a long time to defeat Father. Su Xiao couldn't wait that long, so he had to speed up the progress.

Now Father's large-scale transmutation array has not been successfully deployed; this is the best time to deal with him.

The train soon returned to Central City. Su Xiao began to stay in his residence, waiting for someone. If there were no accidents, that person would definitely come to him.

In the bedroom, after Su Xiao set up mechanisms on the windows, he took out two purple treasure chests.

He had been busy before and had no time to open the treasure chests. Now he finally had time.

It is worth mentioning that before killing Greed, the other party didn't drop a treasure chest, which made Su Xiao extremely depressed.

Not only Greed himself, but even the chimeras under him were the same. Su Xiao didn't even see a white treasure chest.

This made him think of one point: it might be the reason for using alchemical bombs.

To be precise, it was using bombs made with unnotarized Philosopher's Stones, so it reduced the possibility of dropping treasure chests. ===== CHAPTER 396 =====