On the fourth day after the war, Su Xiao arrived at a small town near Central City, where Mustang was based.
The train stopped slowly. After Su Xiao got off the train, she found that Mustang came to the station to greet her.
At this time, Mustang was no longer in the uniform of a colonel, he had taken off his military rank.
"How is it going?"
Lidya Su asked directly about the situation.
"Not very good. We have been at war with Central City for two days, but there is not much progress."
"Um?"
Su Xiao was a little confused. Logically speaking, with the strength of the Northern Army and Mustang's troops, they should be crushed against the Central Army.
"Is it those motley crews that are holding us back?"
"No, it's the undead army."
Hearing the undead army, Su Xiao nodded.
The undead army was invented by the villain in the bottle, who used the Philosopher's Stone to create bodies and fixed the souls of innocent people in those bodies created after birth.
In this way, those bodies can fight and will not die after being injured. After all, their core is just a blood mark.
The only way to destroy the undead army is to destroy the blood seal, apart from completely destroying the body.
But the positions of the blood marks are not fixed. Some are on the head, some are on the chest and abdomen, and some are on the soles of the feet. The positions are completely random.
After ordinary soldiers saw this kind of monster that could not be killed by guns, their morale was hit, and some motley soldiers even fled.
"It's not like there's no good information."
Mustang spoke.
"What?"
"More than 30% of the soldiers of the Central Army have surrendered, and many have fled with their families. Now the strength of the Central Army is less than 20%, and they have no fighting spirit."
Before the Undead Army came on stage, the Alliance Army fought with the Central Army.
The Central Army was defeated. These Central Army troops stationed in Central City were worse than the group of Central Army troops in Kano Town.
Living in a small town not far from Central City, Su Xiao clearly heard the sound of cannons and gunshots coming from the distance.
This town is 5 kilometers away from the central city, and the two sides formed a front at this distance.
Su Xiao looked out from a high place in the town. There were battles between his own army and the undead army on this front.
The fighting style of the undead army is very special. They do not know how to use firearms, but rely on their strong survivability. They carry bombs and rush towards their own army, and then detonate the bombs, causing heavy casualties on both sides.
According to Mustang's guess, the undead army is controlled by someone, and the person who can control the undead army is of course the villain in the bottle.
The number of undead legions is currently unknown. Judging from the current situation, this must be a protracted war.
Central City's defeat has been doomed, and the Allied forces have surrounded Central City.
Seeing the situation at this moment, Lidya Su's face was full of smiles.
This was the result he wanted to see. He didn't care at all whether the Central Army was defeated. Encircling Central City was the best result.
At this time, Central City was surrounded by groups, and with only those people together, the decisive battle began immediately.
The person Su Xiao was waiting for didn't let him wait long, only five hours passed.
…
In a bathhouse, Su Xiao was soaking in a pool of warm water, with her back to the door.
Scars, stab wounds, and gunshots can be seen on his back.
There was steam in the bathhouse, and there was a man near Su Xiao.
"Not a bad plan. If this is the case, there is a chance of victory."
The man who spoke was about forty or fifty years old, with long blond hair tied into a ponytail and wearing glasses.
Von Hohenheim, the father of the protagonist Edward.
It was von Hohenheim who took the initiative to find Su Xiao. Perhaps it was Su Xiao's actions that attracted von Hohenheim's attention.
"So you agreed?"
"Yes, the little man in the bottle was born in my blood, and it is my responsibility to destroy him."
"It doesn't matter even if you die?"
"It doesn't matter. In fact, I should have died a long time ago. I am content to leave behind a pair of heirs."
Von Hohenheim chuckled, his bare upper body muscles clearly angular.
"How many Philosopher's Stones are left in your body?"
Su Xiao looked at von Hohenheim.
"It's very small, just for a few dozen people."
"Really? It seems that you have almost finished the arrangement."
"right."
There were originally hundreds of thousands of copies of the Philosopher's Stone in von Hohenheim's body, but now only a few dozen are left.
"When will the decisive battle begin?"
Von Hohenheim breathed a sigh of relief.
"Now."
boom!
The door of the bathhouse was kicked open, and Edward Elric rushed towards the bathhouse.
As soon as he rushed into the bathhouse, Edward stopped.
"Hohenheim, why are you here?"
Hohenheim said nothing, as if he didn't want to explain anything to Edward.
After glancing at Hohenheim, Edward finally looked at Su Xiao.
"What on earth are you doing to provoke a war involving hundreds of thousands of people? Do you know that many people have died!"
Edward was very angry. He went to the battlefield in person. It was hell, it was Shura Field, and the soldiers there were no longer human beings, but killing machines.
"How many people died? If I remember correctly, probably more than 100,000 people died."
After hearing what Lidya Su said, Edward was already furious.
"More than hundreds of thousands of people... Do you think human life is so worthless? They are just living lives."
"so what."
Su Xiao didn't turn around at all. Since he had made a decision, he had to bear the consequences. To argue was a sign of weakness.
He indeed started the war, and he would admit that hundreds of thousands of people died.
Su Xiao stood up from the warm water. Everyone had arrived and it was time for the final battle.
"Should we start?"
Hohenheim had already thought about what was about to happen, and his tone was inevitably a little excited.
"Yes, my people are ready. How about your side?"
"Ready to go at any time."
"Then let's begin."
Water drops dripped from Su Xiao's hair. After putting on clothes, Su Xiao walked out of the bathhouse.
"Edward, although this is not what a father should say, I still want to say it today..."
…
Three hours later, Su Xiao, Mustang, Olivia and others gathered in a conference room.
There were other people in the conference room.
The master of the protagonist is Izmi Kadis.
The protagonist's younger brother, Alphonse Elric.
The protagonist's father, von Hohenheim.
Olivia's brother, Alex Louis Armstrong.
Mustang's subordinate Hawkeye Lisa Hawkeye.
Mustang's subordinate John Haberk.
There are more than a dozen people in total, and these people are the main force against the villain in the bottle.
The final battle is about to begin, and Su Xiao will find all the people who can be gathered.
These people will not obey his orders, they just have a common purpose, to defeat the villain in the bottle.
Su Xiao spread out a map on the conference table. This was a detailed map of Central City.
"First of all, we have to find a way to get closer to the presidential palace, which is here."
Su Xiao pointed to a point on the map, and everyone present was silent.
"The Little Man in the Bottle is just below the Presidential Palace, but you have to pass through the First Experimental Laboratory underground. Below the First Laboratory is the residence of the Little Man in the Bottle. Alphonse Elric has been there before. Do you remember the route?
"
Everyone present looked at Alphonse.
"Remember."
Alphonse was slightly nervous, and he knew what was about to happen.
Edward sat aside silently, defeating the villain in the bottle was what he had to do.
"Very good. After arriving at the No. 1 Experimental Station, we divided our forces into three groups and combined before arriving at the location of the little man in the bottle."