1 00:00:00,430 --> 00:00:01,550 Alchemy... 2 00:00:01,550 --> 00:00:03,770 the science of understanding, deconstructing, 3 00:00:03,770 --> 00:00:06,390 and reconstructing matter; however, 4 00:00:06,390 --> 00:00:08,560 it is not an all-powerful art. 5 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,480 It is impossible to create something out of nothing. 6 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,360 If one wishes to obtain something, 7 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,820 something of equal value must be given. 8 00:00:15,820 --> 00:00:18,240 This is the Law of Equivalent Exchange-- 9 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:20,370 the basis of all alchemy... 10 00:00:20,370 --> 00:00:21,570 In accordance with this law, 11 00:00:21,570 --> 00:00:23,660 there is a taboo among alchemists. 12 00:00:23,660 --> 00:00:26,040 Human transmutation is strictly forbidden. 13 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,870 For what could equal the value of a human soul? 14 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,640 On their journey to Resembool, 15 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,140 Ed and Al encountered former State Alchemist Dr. Tim Marcoh, 16 00:02:07,140 --> 00:02:08,390 who admitted to possession 17 00:02:08,390 --> 00:02:10,890 of an incomplete Philosopher's Stone... 18 00:02:10,890 --> 00:02:12,600 Moved by Ed's determination, 19 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,270 Marcoh gave the brothers the location 20 00:02:14,270 --> 00:02:17,480 of his hidden research materials. 21 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,480 After Ed's automail had been repaired, 22 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:21,400 he and Al immediately left for the first branch 23 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,740 of the National Central Library, 24 00:02:23,740 --> 00:02:25,780 where they hoped to find Dr. Marcoh's research 25 00:02:25,780 --> 00:02:28,240 into the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone. 26 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,000 Augghh!!! 27 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Dr. Marcoh's research...! It's all gone! 28 00:02:37,420 --> 00:02:38,380 In the end, 29 00:02:38,380 --> 00:02:40,460 burning the entire place down was easier. 30 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:42,880 Oh, is that what you were doing in Central? 31 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:43,840 Yes... 32 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,220 The Fullmetal boy found out about Marcoh's research... 33 00:02:47,220 --> 00:02:49,350 Something had to be done about it. 34 00:02:50,930 --> 00:02:52,680 With that issue taken care of, 35 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,270 I thought I would come to see how things 36 00:02:54,270 --> 00:02:58,650 are progressing in East City... Is he here? 37 00:02:58,650 --> 00:02:59,690 Gluttony? 38 00:02:59,690 --> 00:03:02,400 I smell 'im... I can smell him! 39 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,280 The scar-faced Ishvalan. 40 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:08,320 He's close. I can taste his stink--like blood! 41 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,240 I still get to eat him, right? 42 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,700 Oh yes, down to the last strand of hair. 43 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:52,950 Scar hasn't been sighted... 44 00:03:52,950 --> 00:03:56,370 Not once since that incident with the Elric brothers. 45 00:03:56,370 --> 00:03:58,790 Maybe he's not even in East City anymore. 46 00:03:58,790 --> 00:04:00,420 I hope you're wrong about that. 47 00:04:00,420 --> 00:04:01,500 Huh? 48 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:03,170 This case has obviously gotten 49 00:04:03,170 --> 00:04:05,090 to be too much for Central to handle... 50 00:04:05,090 --> 00:04:07,760 If I can close it quickly enough, I'll be golden. 51 00:04:10,260 --> 00:04:11,600 I've got a ladder to climb, 52 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,260 and this is how it's done... 53 00:04:13,260 --> 00:04:15,640 I need every mark in my favor that I can get... 54 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,980 At least until I've assumed the office of Fuhrer, that is. 55 00:04:18,980 --> 00:04:20,230 You may not want to display 56 00:04:20,230 --> 00:04:22,650 your ambitions quite so nakedly, Sir. 57 00:04:23,780 --> 00:04:24,690 Yeah... 58 00:04:24,690 --> 00:04:27,030 I'll be sure to remember that in the future. 59 00:04:27,030 --> 00:04:28,360 Reporting in, sir! 60 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:29,450 We've just received word 61 00:04:29,450 --> 00:04:32,080 of an explosion occurring on the Marl River. 62 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:33,580 What? 63 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:37,960 Was it a gas explosion? 64 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:39,420 With everything else 65 00:04:39,420 --> 00:04:41,460 that's been going on around here, who knows? 66 00:04:46,130 --> 00:04:47,380 There's no mistaking it. 67 00:04:47,380 --> 00:04:49,760 This was definitely Scar's jacket. 68 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:51,510 Have you found the body? 69 00:04:51,510 --> 00:04:53,430 Not yet, but we're still searching. 70 00:04:53,430 --> 00:04:55,310 Either way, he can't be in good shape 71 00:04:55,310 --> 00:04:56,720 after losing this much blood. 72 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,020 Yeah... But we do this by the book. 73 00:04:59,020 --> 00:05:01,230 We need to find hard proof that he's dead... 74 00:05:01,230 --> 00:05:02,310 All right, Lieutenant Havoc. 75 00:05:02,310 --> 00:05:03,310 Yes, Sir? 76 00:05:03,310 --> 00:05:04,650 You and your men will work day and night 77 00:05:04,650 --> 00:05:06,110 to clear out this debris... 78 00:05:06,110 --> 00:05:07,570 I want his body found... 79 00:05:07,570 --> 00:05:09,820 Don't take so much as a coffee break until that's done, 80 00:05:09,820 --> 00:05:10,990 do you understand? 81 00:05:10,990 --> 00:05:11,660 Come on Colonel, 82 00:05:11,660 --> 00:05:13,370 can't you cut us some slack...? 83 00:05:13,370 --> 00:05:15,450 At this rate, you're gonna work us all to death. 84 00:05:15,450 --> 00:05:16,740 Shut up! 85 00:05:16,740 --> 00:05:18,870 I don't get to relax until I've seen his body. 86 00:05:18,870 --> 00:05:21,830 That means you don't get to either. 87 00:05:21,830 --> 00:05:23,500 I guess we'll get to work then. 88 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:26,460 Looks like he got away. 89 00:05:26,460 --> 00:05:28,010 I didn't get my snack. 90 00:05:28,010 --> 00:05:29,050 Yes, I know... 91 00:05:29,050 --> 00:05:31,930 Maybe next time... Though... 92 00:05:31,930 --> 00:05:33,510 I think we can safely assume 93 00:05:33,510 --> 00:05:36,350 that Scar will be out of the game for awhile. 94 00:05:36,350 --> 00:05:38,810 I suppose I'll be heading back to Central again... 95 00:05:38,810 --> 00:05:40,230 I need to report to Father 96 00:05:40,230 --> 00:05:42,310 about everything that's happened here. 97 00:05:46,230 --> 00:05:47,530 There's nothing left here but ashes. 98 00:05:47,530 --> 00:05:49,190 Everything's gone. 99 00:05:49,940 --> 00:05:51,530 Major Armstrong! 100 00:05:53,030 --> 00:05:54,370 Oh, Second Lieutenant Ross 101 00:05:54,370 --> 00:05:55,620 and Sergeant Brosh... 102 00:05:55,620 --> 00:05:57,660 To what do we owe this pleasure? 103 00:05:57,660 --> 00:05:58,490 You have been ordered 104 00:05:58,490 --> 00:06:00,580 to report back to the Command Center, sir. 105 00:06:00,580 --> 00:06:01,960 We'll be taking over supervision 106 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,540 of Edward Elric and his brother, effective immediately. 107 00:06:05,540 --> 00:06:07,040 Very well. He's yours. 108 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:07,710 What is this? 109 00:06:07,710 --> 00:06:09,050 Just when I think I'm home free, 110 00:06:09,050 --> 00:06:10,880 they saddle me with more bodyguards? 111 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:12,430 This is getting old! 112 00:06:14,220 --> 00:06:16,010 All might not be lost... 113 00:06:16,010 --> 00:06:16,890 There's a woman who was well acquainted 114 00:06:16,890 --> 00:06:20,220 with the materials in the first branch. 115 00:06:20,220 --> 00:06:20,850 Unfortunately... 116 00:06:20,850 --> 00:06:23,390 she wasn't working there anymore. 117 00:06:23,390 --> 00:06:25,560 That sounds incredibly helpful. 118 00:06:27,190 --> 00:06:27,980 Something wrong? 119 00:06:27,980 --> 00:06:29,480 Oh... it's nothing... 120 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,240 Although, if you don't mind me asking... 121 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,530 why are you wearing a suit of armor? 122 00:06:34,610 --> 00:06:36,200 It's a hobby! It's a hobby! 123 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:36,910 A hobby?! 124 00:06:36,910 --> 00:06:39,080 What kind of freaky hobby is that, Lieutenant? 125 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,080 Who are these boys anyway? 126 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:42,750 So... What d'ya say, Al? 127 00:06:42,750 --> 00:06:44,290 It's a lovely view, isn't it? 128 00:06:44,290 --> 00:06:46,290 Oh yeah, yeah, it's gorgeous. 129 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:52,920 Oh, wow... 130 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,550 there's gotta be a million of 'em! 131 00:06:56,220 --> 00:07:00,100 Is there really someone living in this place? 132 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:02,270 Miss Sheska... Are you here? 133 00:07:02,270 --> 00:07:03,770 Miss Sheska...? 134 00:07:03,770 --> 00:07:05,100 Is someone there? 135 00:07:07,980 --> 00:07:09,480 Please help me! 136 00:07:11,730 --> 00:07:14,240 Umm... Brother... 137 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,360 There's somebody under there! 138 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:17,820 Start digging! We're coming! 139 00:07:24,210 --> 00:07:25,330 Thank you! I'm so sorry! 140 00:07:25,330 --> 00:07:28,960 I got myself trapped under a whole mountain of books! 141 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,380 I thought I was going to suffocate under there. 142 00:07:31,380 --> 00:07:33,090 Thank you so much! 143 00:07:33,090 --> 00:07:35,220 So, uh, are you Sheska? 144 00:07:35,220 --> 00:07:36,090 Yes. 145 00:07:36,090 --> 00:07:37,800 And you worked at the library? 146 00:07:39,300 --> 00:07:40,680 Oh, the library...! 147 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,890 The word itself is so beautiful...! 148 00:07:42,890 --> 00:07:44,770 I've loved books my whole entire life... 149 00:07:44,770 --> 00:07:47,190 ever since I first learned to read as a girl... 150 00:07:47,190 --> 00:07:49,360 that job... was heaven! 151 00:07:50,650 --> 00:07:51,320 But I forgot 152 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:52,650 that I was supposed to be working, 153 00:07:52,650 --> 00:07:54,440 and all I ever did was read... 154 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:56,150 So they fired me. 155 00:07:56,150 --> 00:07:57,740 If I don't find another job, 156 00:07:57,740 --> 00:07:59,490 I'll never be able to move my poor, 157 00:07:59,490 --> 00:08:02,830 elderly mother into a better hospital... 158 00:08:02,830 --> 00:08:04,160 But I'm hopeless...! 159 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,830 The only thing I can do well is read...! 160 00:08:06,830 --> 00:08:09,710 I'll never find another job as long as I live! 161 00:08:09,710 --> 00:08:11,630 I'm useless! Good-for-nothing! 162 00:08:11,630 --> 00:08:13,500 More pathetic than pond scum! 163 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:14,460 Excuse me... 164 00:08:14,460 --> 00:08:16,340 there was one thing we wanted to ask you. 165 00:08:16,340 --> 00:08:17,300 Yes? 166 00:08:17,300 --> 00:08:18,630 Do you remember seeing any research 167 00:08:18,630 --> 00:08:20,850 belonging to someone named Tim Marcoh? 168 00:08:20,850 --> 00:08:22,890 Let's see. Tim Marcoh... 169 00:08:22,890 --> 00:08:24,270 Where do I know that name...? 170 00:08:24,270 --> 00:08:26,600 Oh! Yes, of course. I remember now! 171 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:27,350 Really? 172 00:08:27,350 --> 00:08:29,520 Oh yes, I'm absolutely positive. 173 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:31,150 There were some handwritten notes 174 00:08:31,150 --> 00:08:33,610 stuffed into a bookcase where they didn't belong. 175 00:08:33,610 --> 00:08:36,490 The notes really were there after all! 176 00:08:36,490 --> 00:08:37,490 Which means they burned up 177 00:08:37,490 --> 00:08:39,820 along with everything else in the library... 178 00:08:39,820 --> 00:08:40,660 Did you want to read them? 179 00:08:40,660 --> 00:08:42,200 Is that why you're asking? 180 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,040 Yeah, but it's too late now. 181 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:45,370 They're nothing but ashes. 182 00:08:45,370 --> 00:08:46,750 Sorry to bother you. 183 00:08:46,750 --> 00:08:48,710 I remember everything that was in them. 184 00:08:48,710 --> 00:08:50,120 Would that help at all? 185 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:52,840 Huh?! 186 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,340 It's just how I am... 187 00:08:54,340 --> 00:08:57,800 I'm able to remember the content of any book I've ever read. 188 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:58,720 It'll take awhile, 189 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,340 but I could write them out for you. 190 00:09:00,340 --> 00:09:01,640 Thank you bookworm...! 191 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:03,050 You're my hero! 192 00:09:03,050 --> 00:09:04,930 You're... welcome? 193 00:09:07,060 --> 00:09:07,850 Here you are! 194 00:09:07,850 --> 00:09:11,190 Complete copies of all Tim Marcoh's notes! 195 00:09:11,190 --> 00:09:12,610 Sorry, I know five days is a long time to wait, 196 00:09:12,610 --> 00:09:15,650 but there was quite a lot to write down. 197 00:09:15,650 --> 00:09:16,780 Unbelievable! 198 00:09:16,780 --> 00:09:19,240 There are some amazing people in this world! 199 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:21,780 These are really Dr. Marcoh's research notes? 200 00:09:21,780 --> 00:09:22,530 They sure are. 201 00:09:22,530 --> 00:09:23,990 Come and take a look at them. 202 00:09:23,990 --> 00:09:25,580 "Written by Tim Marcoh... 203 00:09:25,580 --> 00:09:28,000 One Thousand Easy Recipes" 204 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:30,670 Six cups of rice, one carrot, 205 00:09:30,670 --> 00:09:32,290 two onions, salt... 206 00:09:32,290 --> 00:09:33,830 Oh great. Does this mean we came 207 00:09:33,830 --> 00:09:35,040 all this way for a cook book? 208 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:36,420 Miss, which part of this made you think 209 00:09:36,420 --> 00:09:37,760 it was an important document? 210 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:39,630 Is it not what you're looking for...? 211 00:09:39,630 --> 00:09:42,470 All I did was copy down what I remember. 212 00:09:42,470 --> 00:09:45,430 Wonderful--so this was just a wild goose chase? 213 00:09:45,430 --> 00:09:47,350 Sheska... are you absolutely sure 214 00:09:47,350 --> 00:09:50,520 this is a flawless reproduction of the notes? 215 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:51,100 Oh yes. 216 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:53,270 I'm one hundred percent certain! 217 00:09:53,270 --> 00:09:54,860 Then thank you very much... 218 00:09:54,860 --> 00:09:56,650 You're incredible! 219 00:09:56,650 --> 00:09:59,190 All right. Let's get these back to the library. 220 00:10:00,650 --> 00:10:03,280 They should have related materials there. 221 00:10:04,990 --> 00:10:08,740 Oh... I almost forgot Sheska's fee. 222 00:10:08,740 --> 00:10:10,000 Lieutenant... Here... 223 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,330 This is my registration number 224 00:10:11,330 --> 00:10:13,710 and the pocket watch for ID. 225 00:10:13,710 --> 00:10:14,630 Withdraw that amount 226 00:10:14,630 --> 00:10:15,960 from my annual research grants 227 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,800 and make sure Sheska gets it, okay? 228 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:20,970 Right... I'll get on that right away, sir. 229 00:10:20,970 --> 00:10:22,630 I assume that I can just take this note down 230 00:10:22,630 --> 00:10:23,970 to the State Alchemist office? 231 00:10:23,970 --> 00:10:25,470 That should work. 232 00:10:25,470 --> 00:10:27,970 Well... Sheska, you're a life saver! 233 00:10:27,970 --> 00:10:29,060 Bye! 234 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,100 From his research grants, huh? 235 00:10:34,980 --> 00:10:37,610 Did he miss a decimal point somewhere?! 236 00:10:37,610 --> 00:10:38,360 Wow! 237 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:39,780 How does a boy like that 238 00:10:39,780 --> 00:10:41,360 have this kind of money to throw around? 239 00:10:45,110 --> 00:10:46,280 I-I don't understand... 240 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:47,160 These are cookbooks. 241 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,540 What could they possibly have to do with alchemy? 242 00:10:49,540 --> 00:10:50,950 Alchemy's a powerful art... 243 00:10:50,950 --> 00:10:53,330 It can be incredibly dangerous if misused... 244 00:10:53,330 --> 00:10:55,670 In order to prevent that... 245 00:10:55,670 --> 00:10:58,590 Alchemic research is always encrypted. 246 00:10:58,590 --> 00:11:00,300 These are designed to look like recipes 247 00:11:00,300 --> 00:11:02,010 to the average person, 248 00:11:02,010 --> 00:11:04,720 but they're actually advanced alchemical notes.... 249 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,430 Only the alchemist who originally wrote them 250 00:11:06,430 --> 00:11:07,850 can understand. 251 00:11:07,850 --> 00:11:09,600 If they're so heavily encrypted, 252 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,140 then how are you going to be able to decipher them? 253 00:11:12,140 --> 00:11:13,600 It's not going to be easy... 254 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,060 We'll have to use all our alchemical knowledge. 255 00:11:16,060 --> 00:11:17,060 Wow, sir... 256 00:11:17,060 --> 00:11:19,730 That sounds really complicated. 257 00:11:19,730 --> 00:11:22,070 Al, there's a section in here on green tea! 258 00:11:22,070 --> 00:11:23,360 Green tea? 259 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:24,530 Are you thinking what I am? 260 00:11:24,530 --> 00:11:25,360 Uh-huh... 261 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:26,030 t might be a reference 262 00:11:26,030 --> 00:11:28,530 to the Green Lion of metallurgic alchemy... 263 00:11:28,530 --> 00:11:30,910 Do we have copies available of Flamel's Codex 264 00:11:30,910 --> 00:11:33,830 or Lambspring's Concerning the Philosopher's Stone? 265 00:11:33,830 --> 00:11:34,870 Of course. 266 00:11:34,870 --> 00:11:37,500 Alright... take a look at this here... 267 00:11:37,500 --> 00:11:38,710 And here too, you see? 268 00:11:38,710 --> 00:11:39,790 Yeah, you're right... 269 00:11:39,790 --> 00:11:41,380 And maybe here, too. 270 00:11:41,380 --> 00:11:43,710 Great... We've got a place to start... 271 00:11:43,710 --> 00:11:45,380 Let's do this! 272 00:11:45,380 --> 00:11:47,470 Fullmetal Alchemist. 273 00:11:49,010 --> 00:11:51,100 Fullmetal Alchemist. 274 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:56,520 Why does this encryption 275 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,440 have to be so damn hard to figure out? 276 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:01,190 Brother... Maybe we should ask 277 00:12:01,190 --> 00:12:03,440 Dr. Marcoh about this directly. 278 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:04,360 No way...! 279 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,110 That'd be admitting defeat! 280 00:12:06,110 --> 00:12:07,950 So this is a contest now? 281 00:12:07,950 --> 00:12:09,700 Excuse me... 282 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:11,030 Sheska! 283 00:12:14,250 --> 00:12:15,410 Thanks to the money you gave me, 284 00:12:15,410 --> 00:12:17,000 Edward, I was able to move my mother 285 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,420 to a better hospital... I really appreciate it. 286 00:12:20,420 --> 00:12:22,380 Aw, it was no big deal, really. 287 00:12:22,380 --> 00:12:24,960 Have you had any luck deciphering it so far? 288 00:12:27,420 --> 00:12:29,180 Have you found another job yet? 289 00:12:31,930 --> 00:12:34,720 Anyway... you two made me feel better. 290 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,430 It was nice to know that even a pathetic mess 291 00:12:36,430 --> 00:12:38,270 like me can help out sometimes. 292 00:12:38,270 --> 00:12:39,810 So thanks for that as well. 293 00:12:39,810 --> 00:12:41,610 You're not a pathetic mess. 294 00:12:42,650 --> 00:12:44,070 I think that the kind of dedication 295 00:12:44,070 --> 00:12:47,110 you show to reading is a talent all on its own... 296 00:12:47,110 --> 00:12:49,490 And besides that, your memory is incredible... 297 00:12:49,490 --> 00:12:52,740 You should have more faith in yourself. 298 00:12:52,740 --> 00:12:54,240 Thank you, Al. 299 00:12:58,160 --> 00:12:59,620 Yo! 300 00:12:59,620 --> 00:13:00,620 Lieutenant Colonel Hughes. 301 00:13:00,620 --> 00:13:03,710 Major Armstrong told me you two were here. 302 00:13:03,710 --> 00:13:04,590 What gives, Ed? 303 00:13:04,590 --> 00:13:05,630 I told you to give me a shout 304 00:13:05,630 --> 00:13:07,380 the next time you made it to Central. 305 00:13:07,380 --> 00:13:10,220 Oh... something urgent came up, sorry. 306 00:13:10,220 --> 00:13:11,050 It's just as well. 307 00:13:11,050 --> 00:13:12,300 I've been busy too. 308 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:13,050 They talk to Colonel Hughes 309 00:13:13,050 --> 00:13:14,140 like he's an old friend! 310 00:13:14,140 --> 00:13:16,180 Just how high up are these boys? 311 00:13:17,020 --> 00:13:19,140 We've had a lot of cases to deal with lately... 312 00:13:19,140 --> 00:13:20,440 And we're still working on getting 313 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,560 the Tucker Chimera situation settled. 314 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:24,270 Sorry... 315 00:13:24,270 --> 00:13:26,940 I guess that brings up some unpleasant memories, huh? 316 00:13:28,690 --> 00:13:29,990 Anyway... 317 00:13:29,990 --> 00:13:32,410 As if things weren't bad enough for us already... 318 00:13:32,410 --> 00:13:33,740 The first branch had to burn down 319 00:13:33,740 --> 00:13:35,240 in the middle of all this. 320 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:36,370 That's been a problem, huh? 321 00:13:36,370 --> 00:13:37,540 A big one... 322 00:13:37,540 --> 00:13:38,830 All our case records were stored 323 00:13:38,830 --> 00:13:40,370 in the stacks at that location; 324 00:13:40,370 --> 00:13:41,420 trying to work without 'em... 325 00:13:41,420 --> 00:13:43,540 hasn't been a picnic, let me tell ya. 326 00:13:45,290 --> 00:13:46,670 What? 327 00:13:46,670 --> 00:13:48,880 Uhhh... 328 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:50,300 Huh?? 329 00:13:50,300 --> 00:13:51,380 Hey, Lt. Colonel, 330 00:13:51,380 --> 00:13:52,720 I think I've got exactly the person 331 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:54,550 you guys are looking for. 332 00:13:54,550 --> 00:13:55,430 Well, I have read 333 00:13:55,430 --> 00:13:56,970 the military's criminal case records, 334 00:13:56,970 --> 00:13:58,470 and I do remember them all. 335 00:13:58,470 --> 00:13:59,890 That's all I needed to hear, lady, you're hired. 336 00:13:59,890 --> 00:14:01,890 My office pays well, so don't worry. 337 00:14:01,890 --> 00:14:03,810 Oh, I-- You're saying you want me... 338 00:14:03,810 --> 00:14:04,900 Oh! 339 00:14:04,900 --> 00:14:06,070 Thanks so much! 340 00:14:06,070 --> 00:14:06,730 I'll have faith, 341 00:14:06,730 --> 00:14:08,610 just like you told me to... 342 00:14:08,610 --> 00:14:10,190 Thank you! Thank you! 343 00:14:10,190 --> 00:14:12,030 Come on now, right to work! 344 00:14:14,410 --> 00:14:16,450 She may not be thanking us for long. 345 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:22,870 How did you put it again, Al...? 346 00:14:22,870 --> 00:14:25,630 "I think dedication is a talent all on its own." 347 00:14:26,750 --> 00:14:28,170 Very smooth, little brother. 348 00:14:28,170 --> 00:14:29,420 Very smooth... 349 00:14:29,420 --> 00:14:31,340 Well, it's something I always think 350 00:14:31,340 --> 00:14:33,970 whenever I see a certain someone I know. 351 00:14:37,050 --> 00:14:37,810 In that case, 352 00:14:37,810 --> 00:14:38,850 a certain someone should hurry 353 00:14:38,850 --> 00:14:39,680 and get back to work, 354 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:40,770 or you're gonna have to come up 355 00:14:40,770 --> 00:14:42,520 with a new motivational phrase. 356 00:15:09,710 --> 00:15:11,510 I'm awake! 357 00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:13,970 The library's closing. 358 00:15:13,970 --> 00:15:16,180 They've been at it for ten days now. 359 00:15:16,180 --> 00:15:17,180 I'm impressed they're still going 360 00:15:17,180 --> 00:15:18,800 after all this time. 361 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,180 To hell with it! 362 00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:29,860 What did you guys do to this place? 363 00:15:29,860 --> 00:15:31,730 Don't get angry because you can't crack it. 364 00:15:31,730 --> 00:15:33,110 Throwing things won't help. 365 00:15:33,110 --> 00:15:35,150 We did crack it. 366 00:15:35,150 --> 00:15:36,200 We cracked the code 367 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:37,950 and decrypted the notes. 368 00:15:37,950 --> 00:15:38,990 Really? You did? 369 00:15:38,990 --> 00:15:40,580 But that's a good thing, isn't it? 370 00:15:40,580 --> 00:15:43,370 There's nothing good about this, damn it...! 371 00:15:43,370 --> 00:15:45,210 This is the devil's research... 372 00:15:45,210 --> 00:15:47,120 It should have been destroyed. 373 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,920 Doctor Marcoh... was right. It's evil. 374 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:51,630 What's so evil about it? 375 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,050 The main ingredient for a Philosopher's Stone... 376 00:15:56,050 --> 00:15:57,510 Is human life! 377 00:15:59,140 --> 00:16:01,510 In order to manufacture even a single stone, 378 00:16:01,510 --> 00:16:04,350 you have to make multiple human sacrifices. 379 00:16:04,350 --> 00:16:06,190 How could the military authorize research 380 00:16:06,190 --> 00:16:08,150 into something so horrible?! 381 00:16:08,150 --> 00:16:09,900 I can't believe it. How awful. 382 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:14,860 Do us a favor... 383 00:16:14,860 --> 00:16:16,780 Don't speak to anyone about this. 384 00:16:16,780 --> 00:16:17,820 But, sir... 385 00:16:17,820 --> 00:16:19,700 Please! 386 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:22,700 Just pretend you never heard any of it. 387 00:16:27,660 --> 00:16:29,290 What's this now? 388 00:16:29,290 --> 00:16:30,710 The Elric brothers are holed up 389 00:16:30,710 --> 00:16:32,630 in their room again tonight? 390 00:16:32,630 --> 00:16:35,130 Yes... they haven't been eating, either. 391 00:16:36,300 --> 00:16:38,630 The fatigue must be catching up to them... 392 00:16:38,630 --> 00:16:40,340 They seem to have devoted all their energy 393 00:16:40,340 --> 00:16:41,720 to these notes. 394 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:43,680 They worked so hard to decipher 395 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:45,100 those notes only to find out that. 396 00:16:45,100 --> 00:16:47,230 It disturbs me too, just thinking about it. 397 00:16:47,230 --> 00:16:48,730 I bet I'd act the same way! 398 00:16:48,730 --> 00:16:50,190 What was that? 399 00:16:50,190 --> 00:16:52,730 Oh! It was nothing, sir! 400 00:16:52,730 --> 00:16:56,150 Your behavior is most suspicious! 401 00:17:01,660 --> 00:17:02,410 Brother... 402 00:17:02,410 --> 00:17:04,450 You should really get something to eat. 403 00:17:04,450 --> 00:17:05,790 No thanks. 404 00:17:08,710 --> 00:17:10,120 Pretty awful, huh? 405 00:17:15,130 --> 00:17:17,420 You know, Al... it's like... 406 00:17:17,420 --> 00:17:19,170 We try so hard to grasp the truth, 407 00:17:19,170 --> 00:17:20,970 but it always slips away. 408 00:17:20,970 --> 00:17:23,260 And now that we finally have caught it... 409 00:17:23,260 --> 00:17:25,970 it turns out the truth is too dangerous to hold. 410 00:17:28,430 --> 00:17:29,770 I'm starting to think this 411 00:17:29,770 --> 00:17:31,310 is God's special way of torturing people 412 00:17:31,310 --> 00:17:33,110 who've committed taboos. 413 00:17:35,690 --> 00:17:39,650 I wonder... If it'll be like this all our lives? 414 00:17:44,410 --> 00:17:45,620 You know, Al... 415 00:17:45,620 --> 00:17:46,700 There's something I've been wanting 416 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:49,160 to tell you for awhile. 417 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,500 But I guess I've been too afraid to say it. 418 00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:55,210 What? 419 00:17:55,210 --> 00:17:55,500 I... 420 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,590 Elric brothers, I know you're in there...! 421 00:17:59,590 --> 00:18:01,630 Open up...! This is the Major! 422 00:18:01,630 --> 00:18:02,800 What do we do? 423 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,010 We ignore him, that's what. 424 00:18:05,010 --> 00:18:07,810 I know what it said, Edward Elric. 425 00:18:07,810 --> 00:18:11,140 How tragic! 426 00:18:11,140 --> 00:18:13,100 To think the legend of the Philosopher's Stone 427 00:18:13,100 --> 00:18:15,690 is built on such a terrible secret! 428 00:18:15,690 --> 00:18:17,110 We're... we're really sorry. 429 00:18:17,110 --> 00:18:18,030 It's hard to stay quiet 430 00:18:18,030 --> 00:18:20,320 when someone like him asks you... 431 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:21,240 Imagine the military 432 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,240 being behind something like that... 433 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:24,530 Often the truth is more cruel 434 00:18:24,530 --> 00:18:27,080 than we'd bargained for. 435 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:28,830 The truth! 436 00:18:28,830 --> 00:18:30,660 What is it, Brother? 437 00:18:30,660 --> 00:18:32,000 Do you remember what Dr. Marcoh 438 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,420 said at the station? 439 00:18:33,420 --> 00:18:34,330 Huh? 440 00:18:34,330 --> 00:18:35,330 Look closely... 441 00:18:35,330 --> 00:18:36,630 maybe you'll find the truth 442 00:18:36,630 --> 00:18:39,000 hidden within the truth... 443 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:39,800 I didn't have a clue 444 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:42,340 what he was talking about then, but now... 445 00:18:42,340 --> 00:18:45,010 It's the same as with alchemical notes... 446 00:18:45,010 --> 00:18:46,090 What you can see... 447 00:18:46,090 --> 00:18:48,890 on the surface is only a portion of the truth. 448 00:18:48,890 --> 00:18:51,230 There's still more to find here. 449 00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:52,600 There has to be... 450 00:18:54,850 --> 00:18:55,690 Currently there are 451 00:18:55,690 --> 00:18:57,650 four operational alchemy laboratories 452 00:18:57,650 --> 00:19:00,360 in Central that have connections to the government... 453 00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:01,860 We can narrow it down even further. 454 00:19:01,860 --> 00:19:03,990 Marcoh worked in the third laboratory. 455 00:19:03,990 --> 00:19:05,610 We should start with that one. 456 00:19:05,610 --> 00:19:07,030 It's the most suspect. 457 00:19:09,030 --> 00:19:11,870 Al and I've been to all the laboratories in the city... 458 00:19:11,870 --> 00:19:14,710 None were doing any remarkable research. 459 00:19:14,710 --> 00:19:15,460 Here. 460 00:19:15,460 --> 00:19:17,540 What's this building used for? 461 00:19:17,540 --> 00:19:19,500 It was designed for the fifth laboratory, 462 00:19:19,500 --> 00:19:21,380 but it isn't currently in use... 463 00:19:21,380 --> 00:19:22,880 The building isn't structurally sound, 464 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:24,880 so it's been classified off-limits. 465 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:25,880 It's there. 466 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,100 Huh...? How can you be so sure that's it? 467 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:30,810 There's a prison right next door. 468 00:19:30,810 --> 00:19:31,720 Okay, so? 469 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:32,850 What was the main ingredient 470 00:19:32,850 --> 00:19:34,560 for a Philosopher's Stone? 471 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:36,730 You said it needed live humans-- 472 00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:39,860 There'd be plenty of condemned criminals 473 00:19:39,860 --> 00:19:40,860 in the prison. 474 00:19:40,860 --> 00:19:43,400 Officially, they'd be recorded as executed. 475 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,490 They're using the prisoners to make the stone. 476 00:19:47,490 --> 00:19:48,740 Don't look at me like that. 477 00:19:48,740 --> 00:19:51,580 I don't like talking about this anymore than you. 478 00:19:51,580 --> 00:19:52,910 Prisons from other jurisdictions 479 00:19:52,910 --> 00:19:54,500 could be used too... 480 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:56,580 I wonder if the government is involved? 481 00:19:56,580 --> 00:19:57,920 Why do I have the feeling 482 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:58,920 that we're getting involved 483 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,090 in something really dangerous here? 484 00:20:01,090 --> 00:20:01,710 That's why we told you to pretend 485 00:20:01,710 --> 00:20:04,010 like you'd never heard anything! 486 00:20:07,050 --> 00:20:08,010 This has the potential 487 00:20:08,010 --> 00:20:10,850 of becoming a political nightmare before long... 488 00:20:10,850 --> 00:20:13,680 I'll look into what we've talked about tonight. 489 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:14,930 In the meantime, officers... 490 00:20:14,930 --> 00:20:16,310 speak of this to no one. 491 00:20:16,310 --> 00:20:17,520 Sir! 492 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:18,940 And you, Elric brothers, 493 00:20:18,940 --> 00:20:20,310 behave yourselves! 494 00:20:22,650 --> 00:20:24,230 I know you two boys... 495 00:20:24,230 --> 00:20:25,400 You were thinking about sneaking 496 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,240 into this building and taking a look around, 497 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:28,860 weren't you? Admit it! 498 00:20:28,860 --> 00:20:29,450 We weren't! 499 00:20:29,450 --> 00:20:31,990 We weren't! We promise! 500 00:20:31,990 --> 00:20:33,450 Yeah, sure we weren't. 501 00:20:39,210 --> 00:20:39,920 Hmm... 502 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,630 A guard posted at an unused building. Interesting. 503 00:20:43,630 --> 00:20:45,340 That is suspicious. 504 00:20:46,630 --> 00:20:47,720 How do we get in? 505 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,510 We could make our own entrance. 506 00:20:49,510 --> 00:20:50,470 They'd notice the light 507 00:20:50,470 --> 00:20:52,640 from the transmutic reaction. 508 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,180 Well, in that case... 509 00:20:55,060 --> 00:20:56,220 And... Up! 510 00:21:12,990 --> 00:21:15,660 They're not taking any chances, are they? 511 00:21:21,630 --> 00:21:23,250 Al... you need to wait here. 512 00:21:23,250 --> 00:21:25,210 You're fine on your own? 513 00:21:25,210 --> 00:21:26,840 Whether I'm fine on my own 514 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:27,670 or not isn't the issue. 515 00:21:27,670 --> 00:21:31,180 You're too big to get through here. 516 00:21:31,180 --> 00:21:33,720 It's not like I asked to get this big. 517 00:21:37,470 --> 00:21:38,980 Sixty-six? 518 00:21:38,980 --> 00:21:40,890 What is it, Forty-eight? 519 00:21:40,890 --> 00:21:42,850 It looks as if we've got guests. 520 00:21:44,190 --> 00:21:47,030 Some daredevil idiots came to visit, did they? 521 00:21:48,900 --> 00:21:49,490 Damn... 522 00:21:49,490 --> 00:21:51,910 It's even tighter in here than I thought. 523 00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:53,490 I couldn't get through this far 524 00:21:53,490 --> 00:21:55,410 if I was regular sized... 525 00:21:55,410 --> 00:21:58,870 Lucky I've got a small body. 526 00:21:58,870 --> 00:21:59,830 Oh no!! 527 00:21:59,830 --> 00:22:03,210 I just called myself a tiny little pipsqueak! 528 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,710 There are lights on. 529 00:22:09,710 --> 00:22:10,970 "Not currently in use." 530 00:22:10,970 --> 00:22:12,720 Who are they trying to fool? 531 00:22:14,390 --> 00:22:16,050 This is it all right. 532 00:22:16,050 --> 00:22:18,430 Ed's taking a long time. 533 00:23:58,950 --> 00:24:00,030 There were once two men 534 00:24:00,030 --> 00:24:03,160 who knew more of bloody blades than human sympathy... 535 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,750 They snuffed out life, laughing as their weapons flew... 536 00:24:06,750 --> 00:24:09,290 Now, they guard the darkness, hollow shells 537 00:24:09,290 --> 00:24:11,500 of the villains they once were.... 538 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:14,840 Next time, on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood-- 539 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,180 Episode Eight. "The Fifth Laboratory." 540 00:24:18,180 --> 00:24:19,850 There are those who find pleasure 541 00:24:19,850 --> 00:24:23,680 only in battle, who feel alive only during a fight... 542 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,100 They are coming soon... 543 00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:27,100 with blood on their hands.