In a utility room of the hotel, Alphonse's hands and feet were tied and he was sitting against the wall.
Alphonse is the younger brother of the protagonist. When he and his brother were working on human body refining together, his brother lost an arm and he lost his entire body.
Alphonse is now a tall family armor. The inside of the armor is empty and there is a blood mark inside. It is this blood mark that fixes Alphonse's soul on the armor.
Alphonse can move normally, and can even fight or use alchemy. This shows that alchemy has nothing to do with the body, but is activated by the soul.
At this time, there was a woman inside Alphonse's armor. To be precise, this woman was not completely human.
Her name is Madele, and she is a hybrid between a human and a snake. She has the appearance of a normal human and some characteristics of a snake, including the ability to sense heat and a soft body.
Madele is now inside Alphonse's armor, which can restrict Alphonse's movements.
In the room, Greedy Grid stepped forward and took off Alphonse's iron helmet, and Madele came into view.
"Oh~, amazing, it's really hollow."
Grid put the iron helmet back and pointed at himself.
"My name is Glid. I hope we can coexist peacefully."
Gleed is a young man who always keeps a smile on his face and wears small round sunglasses to cover his eyes, making it impossible for others to judge his mood or anger.
Behind Glid stood several synthetic beasts, most of which kept their human appearance.
The so-called synthetic beast is to refine humans and animals, and combine the two into one.
The several synthetic beasts behind Grid are all finished products. They have their own consciousness and thoughts, can perform tasks independently, and have some animal abilities.
Some of these synthetic beasts are a combination of humans and crocodiles, and some are a combination of humans and lizards.
There are three strongest synthetic beasts, Roja (male) who is a human and an ox, Doruchid (a male) who is a human and a dog, and Madele (a female) who is a human and snake.
The three of them are Greedy Grid's main subordinates.
After Gried introduced these synthetic beasts to Alphonse, Alphonse was a little in disbelief.
"It's impossible. I've seen synthetic beasts. They have no ability to communicate at all. Your subordinates are no different from humans."
"Are you surprised? This is true."
Grid didn't explain anything. Alphonse was a prisoner now, so he had no need to explain to him.
"Who synthesized it?"
Alphonse remembered that he had seen the little girl. The little girl was synthesized with a dog and became neither human nor ghost. The initiator of all this was actually the little girl's father, who was a state alchemist.
"army."
"How can it be."
"There is always darkness that cannot be seen in the world. Besides, I am not a synthetic beast, I am an artificial human. I have a purpose for catching you this time."
Grid looked at Alphonse with greedy eyes.
"How can you extract the soul separately and fix it on something like yours? Your situation is very similar to eternal life."
This is the purpose of Grid's capture of Alphonse. He wants the technology to extract and fix souls. Although he looks young, the energy of the Philosopher's Stone in his body will always be exhausted, and he does not have much time.
"The big sister in your body is not very honest. If you accidentally wipe off the blood marks..."
The threat was already obvious, but Alphonse shook his head.
"I don't know. When my soul was fixed on the armor, I had no memory."
Grid's eyes narrowed.
"Don't you want to say it? Then I'll ask another way. I must get the way to eternal life."
"Eternal life? Will artificial humans also die of old age?"
"Of course, although my body is stronger than ordinary people, it can only last for more than two hundred years before it needs to be re-refined by Father. I don't have much time, so don't anger me."
Alphonse remained silent, he would not betray his brother.
The door was pushed open and a man walked into the room.
"You no longer need a way to eternal life."
Su Xiao walked into the room, followed by Bubotni.
"Is this your masterpiece?"
Gried pointed to Alphonse.
"Yes, it is my masterpiece."
The light flashed in Su Xiao's hand, and a super alchemy bomb appeared in his hand.
"This is the main material for fixing souls. In exchange, tell me how to make artificial humans."
Throwing the special alchemy bomb in his hand, Su Xiao blocked the door.
"Don't think I'm a fool, Explosive Alchemist."
"Oh? Do you recognize me? Let me put it bluntly. I may not be able to let this matter go unchecked by kidnapping the family members of the national alchemist."
This is just an excuse, and this excuse can be used to kill people openly.
"Tch, mind your own business."
Grid waved his hand.
"Kill him, be careful, this guy is a bomb maniac."
"yes."
The synthetic beast behind Glid slowly moved closer to Su Xiao.
Su Xiao threw the alchemy bomb in her hand and exited the room.
boom!
Explosions resounded throughout the neighborhood, causing civilians to scream in fright.
After the explosion receded, Su Xiao, choked by thick smoke, coughed a few times. The room where Glid was previously had been blown through.
A large pit appeared on the ground, and the remains of several synthetic beasts were scattered around.
Grid escaped with Alphonse, along with three merbeasts.
Su Xiao sensed that the direction where Glid was escaping was below.
…
In the sewer, Grid was running quickly with Alphonse on his back. Alphonse's armor was a little twisted, and it seemed that he had been badly damaged by the explosion.
"Is this guy the Explosive Alchemist? He's simply a bomb maniac."
One of Roya's (ox)'s arms was blown off, and the fracture was uneven. Doruchid (dog) was held up by him on his shoulders, and his lower body had disappeared.
"Stop talking nonsense and run quickly. That guy is a lunatic. He killed the most people in the Ishbal Annihilation War."
Greedy Grid ran quickly in front. He was not injured. He can harden the surface of his body. This is his ability, the strongest shield, and his resilience is the strongest among artificial humans.
boom!
An explosion sounded above several people's heads, and a large hole was blown above the sewer.
Su Xiao jumped down from the hole and stood in front of Glid and others.
"Do you have to fight? You and the Fullmetal Alchemist probably have nothing to do with each other. Why bother meddling in other people's business?"
Grid didn't seem to want to fight with Su Xiao. Su Xiao didn't say anything, but just stood in front of a few people.
"It seems we can only fight one battle."
Grid's skin turned pitch black. He extracted the carbon molecules in his body and formed a charcoal layer on the surface of his skin. When the density of the charcoal reached a certain level, the hardness was beyond imagination.
Grid's appearance changed drastically, his whole body was completely black, his hair disappeared, and his head was bald.
Two fangs protruded from Glid's lower jaw, and Glid moved his neck.
"I haven't used this form for a long time. This form is too ugly. Alchemist, your bombs are no longer effective against me."
Grid sneered and gradually approached Su Xiao.
"Is it really ineffective?"
Su Xiao waved his hand, and dozens of super alchemy bombs scattered on the ground. These alchemy bombs turned into small white snakes.
"Hey, are you mistaken? What's going on with this quantity?"