Chapter 414

Su Xiao picked up the treasure chest from the ground. Plot characters could not see this item, and no one present noticed anything unusual.

Su Xiao did not care about the wary gazes around him; instead, he looked directly at Olivier.

"This is a Homunculus. Seeing is believing."

Su Xiao didn't need to explain much; Sloth's constitution had already exceeded the category of living things.

"Let's cooperate."

Olivier, who had been hesitant before, directly proposed an alliance.

"Fine."

With two allies united, he could now consider how to deal with Father.

However, he also had to be wary of the Qiyuezhe in this derived world; he didn't want to do the work for someone else's benefit.

There was a reason Olivier was so quick to cooperate with Su Xiao: Su Xiao was too strong, strong to the point of exceeding her imagination.

Olivier wasn't afraid of Su Xiao's strength; she was afraid of the person Su Xiao was going to deal with.

If such a strong person still needed to find allies, just how strong was the "Father" he spoke of?

The answer was that Father was the strongest alchemist, or that Father had already exceeded the category of an alchemist.

Successfully forming an alliance with Olivier undoubtedly pushed the plan a big step forward.

Su Xiao's final mission objective was to 'use the magic crystal bottle to seize the power of God (pseudo)'. Please note, the mission was to seize the power of God, not simply to defeat Father.

If it were just to defeat Father, it would be simpler. Before Father transmuted the entire population of Amestris into a Philosopher's Stone, his strength, while high, was not at an insurmountable level.

Su Xiao's mission was not just to defeat Father, but to seize the power of God inside him.

Father had not yet obtained the power of God; that was only obtained after he sacrificed the entire population of Amestris.

The promotion mission was very headache-inducing: he had to defeat Father, but also let him complete the Nationwide Transmutation Circle to obtain the power of God.

But Father after obtaining the power of God was too strong. In the original work, after obtaining the power of God, Father created a sun out of thin air in his palm; that kind of power was simply too exaggerated.

He had to let the opponent obtain the power of God, but couldn't let him become as exaggerated as in the original work. This was the result Su Xiao wanted to see.

Su Xiao started searching for Homunculi as soon as he entered the Fullmetal Alchemist world. This wasn't just to obtain World's Source and treasure chests, but to speed up Father's progress toward "becoming a god."

The Nationwide Transmutation Circle was laid out by Homunculi. Father usually stayed in the basement of the Central Command and never left. Now that five of the seven Homunculi were dead, Father must have sensed that something was wrong.

The remaining two Homunculi were very important: one was Pride (Selim), who was secretly monitoring Central City, and the other was Wrath (Bradley), who openly ruled the country.

Neither could leave Central City for long, which meant the layout of the Nationwide Transmutation Circle had stalled.

Now that the most critical one, Sloth, was also dead, the underground tunnels would soon be dug through. This was a very good timing.

Father now had only two choices: endure or forcibly activate the Nationwide Transmutation Circle.

The first result was not what Su Xiao wanted to see. His remaining time was short, and he didn't have time to waste with this immortal old man, so he was uniting allies to prepare to attack Central City directly.

The second result was what Su Xiao wanted to see. If Father really did that, it meant the current Nationwide Transmutation Circle had a chance to be activated.

A semi-finished Nationwide Transmutation Circle was certainly not as good as the complete version, and its effects would be greatly discounted. Obtaining the power of God at that time should be no problem; after all, it was just equivalent exchange, though how much he could exchange was uncertain.

Father couldn't be too strong, but if he were too weak, the mission couldn't be completed. The promotion mission was very brain-draining.

What Su Xiao needed to do now was to unite Olivier and Mustang to rebel. That's right, rebel.

Both commanded strong troops. The troops under Mustang had participated in the Ishval Extermination War and were soldiers who had seen blood. The soldiers under Olivier were even more so; stationed in the border fortress for years, the weaklings had long been eliminated.

These two armies were certainly not enough to defeat the entire Amestris military, but did Father really control the country's entire army? The answer was no.

Father had one biggest shortcoming: he didn't trust humans. He wouldn't tell humans any secrets; only a few Homunculi knew his plan.

Although King Bradley (Wrath) was the Fuhrer and had high prestige, his true identity couldn't see the light of day. Once the identity of the Homunculus was announced and ironclad evidence was produced, the Amestris military would mutiny.

Previously, Amestris had constantly expanded its territory and was plagued by civil wars. Generals everywhere had long been dissatisfied with King Bradley. If not for Father's secret support, it was uncertain if King Bradley could have continued to serve as Fuhrer.

It wasn't that the Fuhrer was incompetent, but that Father's ultimate goal was too anti-human. It was already a miracle that the Fuhrer had maintained the situation until now.

Although Amestris wasn't a superpower, it was still a country. How could the people of a country not discover the abnormalities of this country?

Frenzied expansion of territory, which stopped abruptly after reaching a certain point, followed by endless civil wars.

This was a deformed country, with constant civil wars, intensifying ethnic conflicts, and border generals acting on their own.

But Father ignored this chaos. He didn't want to govern this country; he wanted to use it.

Ultimately, Father had always looked down on humans, considering them inferior animals, but he seemed to have forgotten who created him. Initially, he was just a small black ball in a circular test tube.

Su Xiao's plan was actually very simple: first, reduce Father's confidants (Homunculi), then unite allies to make the whole country chaotic. On the surface, it was to overthrow the rule, but in reality, he was forcing Father to carry out the Nationwide Transmutation as soon as possible. If he couldn't finish it, he would help the opponent finish it.

Two-thirds of his plan had already been carried out; he just needed to wait for the remaining third.

Colonel Mustang sought the position of Fuhrer, and Olivier wanted to protect the North. Both points conflicted with Father.

The flames of war were about to ignite. This war was not started by Su Xiao, but by the actions of the Homunculi all along; Su Xiao just struck a small spark.

Inside the fortress, a day had passed since Su Xiao killed Sloth. His injuries had recovered somewhat; at least his ribs had been set.

In a conference room, Su Xiao sat at a round table. At the other end was Olivier. An old-fashioned telephone was placed on the conference table, and the call had already been connected.

"I really didn't expect you to actually succeed in persuading her."

Mustang's voice came through the phone. Judging by his tone, things were going very smoothly on that side.

"What is the attitude of the surrounding generals?"

Olivier spoke, asking Mustang.

"What other attitude could they have? Although they all understood the ins and outs of the matter and also knew that King Bradley was a Homunculus and about the existence of Father, those guys are all looking to sit back and reap the benefits."

As soon as Mustang finished speaking, Olivier slammed her fist on the conference table.

"Are those pigs stupid? It's reached this point, and they still want to sit idly by?"

"Those guys aren't stupid. Now they are ready to flee Amestris with their troops at any time. That's fine too; at least our enemies will only be the Central Army and some nearby troops, about 200,000 or so."