In front of Brickz Fortress, the two Elric brothers stood in the wind and snow, with several soldiers around them pointing guns at them.
"I am a state alchemist, not a spy."
Edward explained again and sighed helplessly.
"Don't move, raise your hands above your head."
A soldier squeezes the trigger, ready to shoot.
"Brother, what should we do now?"
Although Alphonse was not afraid of firearms, he did not act rashly.
"Wait a minute, their commander should be coming out soon."
The Elric brothers were a little helpless. The soldiers in the north did not give them a chance to explain. Even if they took out the pocket watch of the national alchemist, it would be useless. Without approval from the central government, these people did not believe their identities at all.
This situation is normal. 'Brickz Fortress' is an important border area, and every year there are spies trying to sneak in, and there are countless people pretending to be alchemists.
Olivia Mira walked out of the fortress. The female general stood tall and looked at the two brothers.
"Who are you?"
Olivia Mira's tone was not very good, just like her current mood.
After checking, Olivia found out that what the man said might be the truth. If that was true, the war was not far away and she would not sit still and wait to die.
Hearing Olivia's question from above the fortress, Edward looked up.
"I am Fullmetal Alchemist Edward Elric. I was introduced by Major Armstrong from the Central Committee to see the Major General. Please remove the guard."
The Major Armstrong mentioned by Edward is Olivia Mira's younger brother.
"Search them."
Olivia Mira was not polite when she heard that it was her brother who introduced her.
"We are not bad guys."
"Who knows, anyone can impersonate a celebrity. What's more, a 'devil' came to my territory recently. Who knows if you are accomplices."
"demon?"
Edward Elric was a little confused.
After a search, a silver watch and a letter were handed to Olivia.
"This is a letter of introduction from the major. It proves that we are not bad guys."
Olivia Mira looked at the envelope in her hand. Just by looking at the handwriting on the envelope, she knew that it was indeed written by her brother.
"Ha~, it's indeed that idiot."
While speaking, Olivia Mira tore up the letter in her hand without reading the content at all.
"Hey, why don't you read on? There is information about me and my brother in it."
"Letter of introduction means nothing to me. I don't need other people's evaluations. I only rely on my own eyes to judge others."
While speaking, Olivia Mira had torn the letter into pieces.
"Let them in."
The cold wind howled, and the Elric brothers who were about to enter the fortress couldn't help but raise their heads. They were immediately shocked by this magnificent fortress.
The steel wall is hundreds of meters high, and there are traces of ice and snow on the wall.
"Awesome, so tall~, so big!"
Hearing Edward Elric's shouting, Olivia Mira lowered her eyes and looked a little gloomy.
"You scum, if you don't leave quickly, I'll tear the antennas off your heads."
The antenna in Olivia's mouth is the dull hair on Edward's head and a strand of hair on Alphonse's armor.
"yes!"
Edward felt the power of the Queen of the North firsthand.
Entering the fortress, the Elric brothers were not freed. What greeted them was the second round of 'torture'.
Olivia Mira sat opposite the two brothers, with hot tea in front of them.
"Do you recognize the Explosive Alchemist?"
Hearing Olivia's question, the two brothers were stunned.
Edward nodded and shook his head.
"I've only seen him once. That guy is a blast maniac. Last time he blew up a lot of buildings in Central City, and I finally repaired them. But for some unknown reason, he was wanted a few days ago for killing the military.
important personnel."
After listening to Edward's description, Olivia Mira lowered her head and pondered.
The information she received was the same as Edward's. Su Xiao killed important personnel in the military and was eventually wanted.
If she remembered correctly, the so-called important person was just a colonel with no real power, and had nothing to do with the Explosive Alchemist.
The information provided by the military was full of doubts, and coupled with Central City's many actions in recent years, Olivia Mira clearly felt that something was wrong.
"Let's not talk about this for now. I need you two to explain why you came to me directly without going through the headquarters, and the secret of your brother's hollow armor."
The Elric brothers looked at each other.
"This~, if I knew about it, I might go to a military court..."
Before Edward finished speaking, Olivia suddenly interrupted.
"A sage and artificial?"
Olivia only said two key words. She did not mention the philosopher's stone and the artificial man, so that there would be no clues.
"how do you know!"
Edward stood up with a roar.
"It seems that guy didn't lie. It's not good, it's very bad."
When the Elric brothers saw Olivia's reaction, they were a little stunned.
"Little dwarf, spit out everything you know right now!"
Olivia looked at Edward coldly.
"Who are you calling the dwarf?"
"It's you, the little guy with the antenna. I'll give you five minutes to make your statement. By the way, I'm telling you that Central City's laws are invalid here."
A group of soldiers rushed into the room, pointing dozens of guns at the two brothers.
"you……"
"Don't think I'm bluffing. This is the northwest, and dead people are commonplace. Even the national alchemist is the same. For the lives of tens of thousands of my subordinates, I can bear this responsibility."
"The lives of tens of thousands of subordinates?"
Edward was a little confused. He suddenly had a feeling that the female general in front of him might know more than he did.
After hesitating for a moment, Edward said everything he could say.
Ten minutes later, Olivia looked at the ground beneath her feet, and the soldiers in the room retreated one after another.
"What evidence do you have that what you said is the truth?"
Alivia's question left the two brothers speechless.
"Not yet, but the Philosopher's Stone and artificial humans do exist. I have seen them with my own eyes."
"I believe in the Philosopher's Stone because I have indeed seen it. As for artificial humans..."
Su Xiao once gave Olivia a small piece of the Philosopher's Stone, which was smaller than a grain of rice.
Ovelia took out the Philosopher's Stone, and the two Elric brothers felt their scalps numb after seeing the Philosopher's Stone.
"You made this?"
Edward had assumed a fighting stance.
"No, someone else gave it to me."
"Where is that person?"
Edward's breathing was obviously heavy. This small piece of the Philosopher's Stone did not know how many people would be sacrificed.
"You don't need to know, you just need to confirm now, is this the Philosopher's Stone? Is this thing really that magical?"
"This is the Philosopher's Stone."
After receiving Edward's clear answer, Olivia took a deep breath.
"Show me, let me see how it ignores equivalent exchange."
"No! I won't use this thing. The material it is made of is human beings. I will never use it."