A transaction.

Liu Mengchao is very good at negotiating business, especially the matter of equal value exchange. This was Edward's first thought. After meeting Liu Mengchao, he found that this man seemed to have a unique talent for equal value transactions.

"make a deal."

Without asking what Liu Mengchao wanted to exchange, Edward directly agreed with Liu Mengchao's words without even thinking.

"Recommended by the National Alchemist."

"make a deal."

"In exchange, I let the woman who wanted to kill me go free."

Liu Mengchao raised the corner of his mouth slightly and raised his wrist slightly. His hidden sword retracted with a whoosh. He walked very slowly, passing by the almost desperate girl, leaving behind the girl who seemed to have completely collapsed.

"This is a very suitable deal. Rather than exchanging human lives for benefits, you prefer to save others. No, it shouldn't be said to be saving others..."

"No one should be sacrificed as a matter of course." Edward said in a deep voice, his eyes bright.

"Then..." Liu Mengchao looked up and looked around, guessing that the sky should be full of stars outside. He smiled in thought, and then said with a smile, "I'll wait for you outside."

These are Liu Mengchao's words. The words reached this point already represent the end of the transaction.

Edward knew that Liu Mengchao would not easily let go of those who threatened his life, so this was the best outcome, wasn't it?

Even so, Edward still felt a little regretful when he thought of this. After all, this was the first time he was so close to the Philosopher's Stone. He could almost get the stone that represented a miracle just by stretching out his hand, which would allow him and Al

Vons regained his health.

but……

"elder brother……"

Alphonse's hand gently pressed on Edward's shoulder. Strangely enough, the originally completely cold palm seemed to be able to transmit heat at this moment. The two brothers were familiar with each other, and they knew what the other was thinking.

So Edward felt guilty, feeling guilty that he could not be cruel enough to save his brother at the expense of others.

Alphonse felt guilty because he had put his brother into such suffering. This was an unspeakable hardship and sorrow.

Rosa, who was let go by Liu Mengchao, collapsed on the ground. She raised her head in despair, as if trying to find the light that had completely disappeared. She clearly saw the Philosopher's Stone in Liu Mengchao's hand, which represented infinite hope, and she also

I saw myself weak and even miserable.

"You...you took advantage of me..."

Rosa's lips moved in sadness, but she was speechless. It was not until this moment that Rosa felt that absurd feeling in her heart.

He seemed to be a puppet with strings, being played with by this man named Liu Mengchao. He already knew that he could shoot. He already knew that he was not someone who could kill others. He already knew...

"Why!"

Finally, unable to bear the sadness in her heart, Rosa howled at Liu Mengchao almost in despair. Her long reddish-brown hair was scattered on her shoulders, and her white dress was already covered with black dust, making her look so ugly.

"Because ugliness is human nature." Liu Mengchao suddenly turned around and stared at Rosa with cold eyes, "I know it and admit it, so I can control it and finally use it."

This is the most cold and realistic language, and it is also Liu Mengchao’s heartfelt emotion.

"No...no...no...no!"

After Liu Mengchao finished speaking, he turned and walked outside, but for Rosa, it was not over yet. She still clearly remembers Liu Mengchao's words. The gun with the safety on was still in front of her.

The distance is so close that you can reach it at your fingertips.

Little by little, he got closer, until the cold touch of the pistol completely covered the palm of his hand. His watery brown eyes stared at the safety on the rear tip of the pistol.

"Crack!"

There was a soft sound and the safety was opened.

"don't want!"

Edward saw everything clearly, Rosa opened the safety of the pistol, and then pointed it at Liu Mengchao's back.

"Come back. Give the Philosopher's Stone... give him back to me!"

Tears instantly flew from Rosa's eyes, and the next second, the trigger was pulled.

Click...bang!

The bullet penetrated the chamber with an orange-red flame.

"Those who want to live, let them die." The bullet passed directly through Liu Mengchao's body. At the same time, Liu Mengchao's slightly mocking voice also floated like a disembodied flute. "So those who want to die, let them die."

Life. You can't die, you can't live. The so-called despair is nothing more than this."

The bullet passed through Liu Mengchao's body, but no blood spattered.

Edward subconsciously rubbed his eyes and looked again at the place where Liu Mengchao was standing. Liu Mengchao was no longer there, and he had already gone further.

"It's refraction." Alphonse said softly to Edward, "Liu Mengchao seemed to have used water vapor to create refraction of light, thus creating the illusion that the bullet penetrated his body."

Is this Liu Mengchao’s alchemy?

Edward stared blankly at Liu Mengchao's disappearing back, gasping for breath. Because all this was too scary, as if Liu Mengchao did not exist in this world. Who can defeat an enemy that does not exist?

Can you know where the enemy will be?

Is fighting Liu Mengchao such a terrifying thing?

Edward was frightened, but Liu Mengchao had disappeared.

Even though people were gone, the building was not empty, because there was someone else showing off in this dark basement, a young girl named Rosa who had just completely collapsed.

She was wearing a pure white dress, and she lay helplessly on the ground. The smoking pistol was still exuding a slightly hot temperature in her hand, but all this seemed to be no longer important to her. She was bright and clear.

Her eyes seemed to have lost their sparkle long ago, and even when Brother Edward walked up to her, he didn't reflect his own figure in her eyes.

Edward is somewhat familiar with this look, because he has seen this look in the mirror countless times. It is his own look, and it is also his helpless look. This is a look of despair, but it is definitely not something that can be saved.

eyes.

"what do I do?"

After a long time, Rosa finally raised her head and stared at Edward standing in front of her with her desperate eyes. This may have become a human habit for thousands of years.

If she looks at a kind person with her eyes, her compassion will chart a path for her. A path that will allow her to achieve her ideals as long as she is forever alone and helpless.

Edward turned his head and looked at his younger brother standing behind him. His whole body had already turned into armor made of steel. He could not feel pain or fatigue. Even eating was a kind of thing that only existed in dreams.

Extravagant hope. But my younger brother couldn’t sleep last year.

"The Philosopher's Stone... the Philosopher's Stone... is my only hope!"

After the words fell, Rosa burst into tears. Her voice was full of the desire for death. Perhaps her most obvious feeling now was that she had no love in life.

"Tell me! Tell me! From now on, what will I... depend on to survive? Tell me... tell me!"

Rosa could no longer control the emotions in her heart, and she broke down and yelled at Brother Edward. Tears burst out of her eyes and flowed down like crazy.

It's just that Brother Edward didn't show a rescue expression. It seemed that the person who had just saved Rosa from Liu Mengchao was not the same as them. Edward just curled his lips slightly and said in a cold and hard tone, "You should think about this kind of thing yourself.

."

Fullmetal Alchemist, can we say that he really deserves to be an alchemist with the title of steel?

Liu Mengchao, who had not gone far, could still hear Edward's voice at this time. He unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, and a faint smile appeared on Liu Mengchao's face.

"Stand up and walk...forward."

Edward walked past Rosa, as if he was practicing Edward's theory. Alphonse, who had already turned into steel, also followed Edward at this time.

When Edward's figure gradually disappeared from Rosa's eyes, Edward's last words came belatedly.

"Don't you have sound legs?"

As if to confirm Brother Edward's words, Alphonse's steel body made a creaking sound and gradually disappeared into the church basement without a trace.

Sound feet?

These are Edward's seemingly cruel words.

Using the power of alchemy, Brother Edward opened a door on the wall of the church. The two brothers came in a hurry and left with light steps, as if they had never been here before.

But at this moment, Liu Mengchao was not as they imagined, he was already outside the church of the Rete Sect.

The sun at this time is still bright, beating the land that is about to turn into desert. The only shady place is the tower of the Rete Cult. Liu Mengchao is here at this moment. He is not wandering around casually, just because Liu Mengchao used the Eagle

Within the eyes of the eyes, there is a road exuding light gold.

When the shadow above Liu Mengchao's head once again shrouded his head, the somewhat lazy man narrowed his eyes again. He was still hiding under the hood, invisible in the darkness.

At this moment, there was a burst of extremely subtle footsteps in the distance. The footsteps did not sound rushed, and could even be said to be well-proportioned. The footsteps that sounded one after another reached Liu Mengchao's ears, making him unable to help but feel excited.

He narrowed his eyes.

The footsteps came one after another, there should be two people.

Liu Mengchao thought as he lowered his head and looked at the Philosopher's Stone in his palm.

Slowly, the footsteps got closer and closer to Liu Mengchao, as if they had already reached Liu Mengchao's ears.

"Not Edward. Not Alphonse."

Liu Mengchao made a judgment in his mind and raised his head again. Using the eagle eye, there were two more targets in his field of vision at this moment.

Red target.

The meaning is so simple and clear.

"Is it an enemy?"
Chapter completed!