The tidal black shadow began to subside at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It's safe now."

Hoffenheim's voice sounded in the dark tunnel. The depression that seemed to make people unable to breathe also disappeared with his voice. Izumi, who originally wanted to trap Pride, also escaped from the prison he created.

She escaped from the middle. Her face was pale, and there was blood on the corners of her mouth. The series of cooperation with Brother Edward just now did not succeed, but instead put her in a dangerous situation. At this moment,.

I saw that I had just walked out of the prison I had created out of clay.

"Hoffenheim?!"

"Long time no see, Quan." As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes seemed to be escaping, passing by the two Edward brothers. It was not that the two brothers did not feel Hoffenheim's eyes, they even

He was more sensitive than anyone else. His elder brother Edward looked at his younger brother Alphonse. His originally tall figure seemed to have become dwarfed in an instant, almost shrinking behind his brother.

Neither of the two brothers spoke, but their words had already collided fiercely in the dark tunnel.

Father, a father who ran away from home, who ran away from home and was unable to see my mother before she died...father!

Father! That was the man who gave him life. Even the most advanced alchemy could not complete the task of creating a truly human father. And now, the father whom he had not seen for thirteen years, at this time

At this moment, he was standing three steps in front of him. As long as he lifted his feet, he could walk to him in less than a breath.

But neither Edward nor Alphonse took a step forward, and even the expressions on their faces began to stiffen. How should they face this father who abandoned his mother and himself? How should he deal with him?

say something?

have no idea!

Brother Edward looked at each other speechless and speechless. No one could break the silence. Not even their father. Hoffenheim subconsciously glanced away from Brother Edward again, but did not take back the two brothers.

Any response. It was as if a high wall was made of hard cement stones between the three people, blocking all verbal and eye contact, and even breathing began to stop being in the same space.

After a long time,.

"Why are you here?"

"Because..." Hoffenheim glanced at Edward secretly and laughed subconsciously, "Because of the same reason as you."

"The land is forged..." Edward almost said it through gritted teeth when he heard Hoffenheim's words. No matter what the reason, a child cannot forgive his father for being absent from him for a long time, even if he is as strong as brother Edward.

Normally, it's not possible to do all this. So the two of them tried to make their words stiff, like the sound of iron and rock being squeezed after colliding.

The sound was harsh, yet extremely powerful.

"It seems that Liu Mengchao has told you all this." Hoffenheim listened to Edward's words, but he could only smile helplessly. He didn't know how to plead with his son to forgive him, and even now he seemed to feel that his

My son is like an object made of glass. If I get a little closer, it will break into countless pieces with a crash.

Unable to find a reason or even think of anything to say, Hoffenheim could only choose one person to walk at the front of the team. I saw Hoffenheim put on his gentleman's hat again and turned to look at Olivier

Ya and her soldiers said in a deep voice, "Please stop here, the battle ahead belongs only to... us sinners who have violated the taboos of the gods.

Hearing Hoffenheim's words, Olivia didn't even think for a second, she turned around and waved to her men, making a retreat movement.

"This is indeed not a battle we should be participating in, so please be sure to win!"

As Olivia's voice gradually faded away, Hoffenheim took his steps again, followed closely by the two Edward brothers. They still seemed unable to accept such a situation, each of them

Everyone wanted to rush to Hoffenheim and ask loudly why he abandoned himself and his mother, leaving his mother to die alone.

But now...

"This is not the time..." Edward clenched his fists hard and gritted his teeth, "After...after...I must ask the truth! I must!"

"Well, brother!" Alphonse gently held down his brother's trembling body and said in a deep voice, "I will ask too, for sure!"

The road is still long, and the underground tunnels seem to extend in all directions, like a despairing maze. As the distance expands,

"How do you know the road?" Quan San walked to Hoffenheim's side in two steps and asked, "Hoffenheim, have you been here before?"

Hearing this, Hoffenheim stopped subconsciously. He took off the gentleman's hat on his head and carefully organized his words in his mind.

"This is a struggle that has lasted for thousands of years." Hoffenheim said slowly, but the resolute look in his golden eyes could not be suppressed. "In order to keep the promise between Teresa and I, I want to

Die as a human being."

"Do you want to escape? Father!"

If you want to die, how can you just escape like this! Edward and Alphonse screamed at the same time. Edward's face that could express expressions was full of anger, and his face that couldn't express expressions even though it was unwavering, but

Alphonse's voice was unprecedentedly excited.

"You are very good, very good... Teresa taught you very well..." Hoffenheim said softly, but the hand holding the gentleman's hat couldn't help but clenched tightly. He closed his eyes tightly, thinking in his mind

But the scene of Edward's mother couldn't help but emerge.

Yes, it is the scene of the only person I love in my life. It is because of her that I can truly live as a person.

Now, after all this, I will die like a human being.

After a long time, Hoffenheim opened his eyes, and he slowly walked in front of Brother Edward. Although Edward's face was full of reluctance and reluctance, Hoffenheim's warm palm was still gentle.

He rubbed his son's blond hair. On the other side, Alphonse, who was attached to the armor due to the human body, had already seen his father standing on tiptoes and patted him gently before he could speak.

own head.

"You're so tall now, Al."

"Asshole! Don't think you can get away with it so easily!" Edward turned around and touched the tears that overflowed from the corners of his eyes, but was unwilling to have his head rubbed by his father again, "I am...I will never forgive you.

Yours, Hoffenheim!"

The father who was roared by his son helplessly spread his palms, but only responded with a satisfied smile.

Just as this group of people was preparing to continue advancing towards the place where the villain in the bottle, Homecrus, was, a burst of brilliant fire suddenly erupted not far in front of them.

"So this is your prototype? It's so ugly that it's disgusting, Envi!".

"Kill me...kill me...kill me..."

Envi had turned into a little bug at this moment. No one thought that the horrifying looking artificial man would look like this after finally revealing his true form. Such a pitiful and ugly face.

.

"...So I will never fall into the abyss of revenge here. After all...you are far from worth it!" When he finished speaking and turned around, he had already seen the Hoffenheim group.,,As

one's own statement.

The group of people walked farther and farther in this dark underground maze, and they got closer and closer to the villain in the bottle, Holmcruz.

The villain in the bottle, Holmcruz, sitting on the throne, supported his head with his left hand, but his eyes were coldly wandering between the goblet filled with the Philosopher's Stone held in his right hand and the artificial man in front of him.

"The national formation formation has been completed, right?"

"Yes...Father." The person who answered was a tall man with his hair disheveled and unkempt to the extreme.

"Have all the Jinchuuriki gathered in this underground maze?"

"Yes...Father." The answer came from a child who looked like he had just entered elementary school. He was dressed in spotless clothes and was polite and sincere.

The villain in the bottle, Homecruz, set his sights on the androids Rust and Gratny who finally came to him.

"So what are we missing now?"

"Start it all, Father!"
Chapter completed!