01x41 - Holy Mother

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The m*llitary swarmed into this city,

which had lost its priest
and had fallen into disorder,

and att*cked the citizens here,
trying to gain control militarily.

You were the one who created
the opportunity for them to do that,

were you not?

The people of Liore are
ethnically very similar to Ishbal.

The folks at Central must
not have thought of them

as being the same kind
of people as themselves.

That is not true!

I am going to complete
the Philosopher's Stone.

For the sake of all people
who suffer under tyranny.

Wait...

Wait!

This one is of a much
higher level of accomplishment

than the ones Tucker was creating.

Is this the legacy of the 5th Laboratory?

All of these things were known to you
and Col. Archer, werert they, Major?

What the hell are you guys hiding?
We've had enough already.

Please stop!

Al-kun...

Maj. Armstrong doesn't have
anything to do with this.

I'm the one who was harboring Martel-san.

W-What are you talking about,
Alphonse-kun?

There is something that
I've come to understand.

I can't say anything about it now,
but please, everyone, no more fighting.

Please, don't fight.

Major, I know that you're trying
to carry on where Hughes left off.

"You can just make my way to the top
without having to know about anything."

"I will investigate what's
happening behind the scenes myself."

Isn't that right?

I'm terribly sorry. Right now, I'm not...

Al!

Martel-san!

Al, listen to me, and tell Ed, too!

Whatever, just get inside me!

Al, listen...

Martel-san, what on earth is it?

Liore is going to be
turned into another Ishbal!

What do you mean?

That man... the Fuhrer...

...is a Homunculus!

The m*llitary wants to have a just cause!

That cause being that ultimately,

the town of Liore was the one
who first att*cked the m*llitary,

and thus they had no choice
but to m*ssacre us!

Lure the m*llitary in
without offering resistance!

When that happens, the wrath
of God will rain down upon them!

It's pretty bad taste to prop up a woman
who can't speak as a holy mother.

Rose-san is the one who gave us courage!

She's the one who told us that
we can stand under our own power,

not by the god Leto, or the m*llitary!

It's all the same if it means you're
still following somebody else, you know!

- What!?

- What!?

They can't help it. We humans
are so weak, after all.

Lyra, is that perfume?

Yes. I haven't had any
opportunity to bathe, you see.

I don't like that smell.

Never mind that,
what are you going to do?

That should be obvious.

You think I can turn a blind eye
to what Scar is doing now?

I suppose not.

If this keeps up, there are going to
be casualties among the townspeople.

He says he's going to use the m*llitary
that comes charging into town

as ingredients to transmute
his Philosopher's Stone,

but if that fails...

And here I thought that
maybe you admired Scar.

We both feel the same way
about wanting to protect the city.

Lyra, I need a favor.
Please, I need you to hear me out.

It's Alphonse.

He came from Liore. He brought
a letter addressed to me.

Brother? Then, he's safe, right?

Yes. According to Ed-kun's letter,

Scar has turned the whole town
into a transmutation circle.

He also says that by no means
are we to enter the town.

I wonder if they're planning
to lure the m*llitary in,

and use them as ingredients
for the Philosopher's Stone...

How do you mean?

The ingredients for a
Philosopher's Stone are live humans.

And a very large number of them, at that.

Y-You don't mean...

So that's the truth behind
the 5th Laboratory, is it?

Then, the higher-ups within the m*llitary
were sanctioning human experimentation...

Al, you're heading to Liore.

If they're together,
you should meet up with Ed.

Right. But...

If we leave them alone,
Liore will surrender in time.

Arresting Scar after that
happens will be good enough.

Understood.

Al-kun...

This is Ed-kun's.
The Major just returned it to us.

You fools, who defy the m*llitary,

away with you!

Animals that can talk?
You must be confused!

Chimeras. It's them, all right.

What's more, they said there was a man

who could suddenly create explosions
with just his touch.

What?

Is something the matter?

Those guys are just a diversion.

The main enemy forces will
definitely be invading afterward.

We are still going to
draw them into the city,

without offering any resistance,
as planned.

Before that happens, you're going
to escape through that passageway.

I am going to go dispose of the enemy
that has come here as a diversion.

You have an obligation to
make sure they get away safely.

Yeah, okay.

Let's go, Rose, Lyra.

You're being a pretty good loser, huh?

If that letter has arrived,

then the m*llitary won't be
coming in for the time being.

If Scar can't get the ingredients
for his Philosopher's Stone,

then nothing is going to happen.

All I can do is get you away to someplace
where the m*llitary can't reach you.

Liore is going to fall
under m*llitary command.

If you have to blame someone, blame me.

I can't overturn the m*llitary's decision.

Look at that! 7000 troops total,
all gathered together.

It would be possible for us
to crush Liore right now!

Now, hold on.

We're going to table the att*ck for now.

We're going to what!?

According to the letter
that Col. Mustang received,

the Fullmetal Alchemist
appears to still be safe.

Liore may be preparing
for a dialogue between us.

There is no possibility of that now!

Still,

we cannot very well inv*de
the city without just cause.

Pride,

what do you mean, delaying the as*ault?

Do you have some complaint, Lust?

Scar is lying in wait
for the m*llitary to inv*de.

He intends to use those lives to
transmute the Philosopher's Stone.

So why don't you send
the m*llitary in right now?

I am under orders from you-know-who.

I do not know what is being considered,
but that persors word is absolute.

Lust...

I cannot accept that. If Scar is going
to create a Philosopher's Stone,

then I am going to help him.

Are you sure you don't embrace
any wasted feelings for Scar?

We are allowed to live because of
that person. Do not forget that.

Which is precisely the reason
why we have been searching

for the Philosopher's Stone.

I am going to Liore once again.
Get the m*llitary moving as soon as you can.

Gluttony?

But... you-know-who said...

Is running away all you can do?

The Ishbalans, who had the
same color of skin that you do,

were a bit more challenging than you are.

Maybe I was expecting too much from them.

After all that we've done, I thought
they would be fighting back by now,

but I guess we haven't
k*lled enough of them.

So, it is you,

the Crimson Alchemist.

And you're... ah, I remember.

That scar is one of my best works.

What's with your right arm?

Of all the State Alchemists
that I k*ll, you will be the last!

What!?

Damn!

That right arm... I get it.
It's just like that time earlier,

when my red stone was taken.

Feed me as many as you like!
I will take that cursed red light...

...and transmute it into a
Philosopher's Stone within me!

Why do we have to leave the city?

Let's fight!

No! This is the will of the Holy Mother.

Rose, what will you do if Scar-san
does not come, even after we've fled?

Without the Philosopher's Stone,
we cannot fight.

Cut it out, Lyra. I'll negotiate
with the m*llitary. Somehow or other...

I can't put any trust into that.

We all have to split up and
run away in all directions right now.

And then, make our appeals
from cities all over.

Tell everyone what happened in Liore,
what happened in Ishbal in the past,

and of the tyranny of the m*llitary.

It'll just become another story.

Yet another city tried to create a
Philosopher's Stone, and was destroyed.

Rose, Lyra, you guys get out of here, too!

I've been waiting for you,
and the rest of my body.

You're... Sensei's...

It's Wrath.

Call me Wrath!

Rose! You idiot, stay back!

Shut up.

Shut up!!

Damn it!

Rose! Get out of here!

You're just being used by Scar!
You don't have to die for him!

Get going!

I know you guys' weakness.

Greed told me.

When you guys come into contact
with the bones or other remains

of the one whose human transmutation...

...was the subject of an attempt at
reanimation, you become unable to move.

You guys are imposters. That's why you
cower when faced with the real thing.

In that case, I don't have a weakness.

I was transmuted with the
remains of my own body as ingredients,

after I was stillborn.

My real body is nowhere to be found.

But if it were,

it would be your body!

It would be your body!

What?

You go where all the others went!

Are you sure you want to do this?

While you're chasing me around,
the m*llitary could be on the move.

I am going to at least avenge
my brother for what you did to him.

What foolishness. This is
a fight over vengeance?

Then what is in this for you?

Nothing.

Nothing? You k*lled that many of
the Ishbalan people for nothing!?

To put it my own way, if you alter
a person just a little bit,

they become nothing more than a b*mb.

Humans aren't all that great. You, me-
we're all just meaningless things.

We're all hollow.

I might indeed be hollow...

...but I am not meaningless.

Like I said, Alphonse Elric,

I am a State Alchemist,
just like your brother is.

You're nothing more than a m*rder*r.

Scar-san, you please stop too.
Where is my brother?

Stand aside, Alphonse Elric!

There has been enough k*lling!

Can't you put this
to an end now, Scar-san?

I did it, I did it! Your arm
has been superbly transmuted!

Can you hear that?
The countdown to your death?

Your arm is slowly combining with
the oxygen in the air, and before long...

Look closely, and see
whether or not I am hollow...

This is what a real person looks like!

Scar-san!

Go to your brother.

I will do what you two could not.

What are red stones doing
in his silver watch!?

I made a promise didn't I?

That I was going to blow you up?

Alphonse!

Ah, you feel so good! You should make...
a magnificent... b*mb!

You... you're the Fuhrer's...

Edward...

Why didn't you make me right?

E... d...

Give me back my body.

Give it back!!

Shut up... Stop...

Make that thing shut up.

Shut up... shut up...

Get up... and walk...

Shut up!

Move... forward...

Shut up!!

Ed!

I just transmuted your TV.

If you change the channel
it's going to break!

Brother, don't kid like that.

Um, please watch the second half of the
Fullmetal Alchemist 1-hour summer special.

Oh, it's going to break!