This...
...is Resembool...?
It's awfully...
I'm sorry it's too rural for you.
He's still looking.
What's the matter?
He's been looking at me ever since we were on the train.
You can understand why, right?
It's a crime to be so beautiful.
Um...
You're Sara, aren't you?
You sure have grown up.
N-No, I'm not!
For crying out loud, pretending to be someone he knows! That's the oldest--
Sara“.
That was my mom's name...
What's this? You said you were going to study in Rush Valley,
but you've been in Central this whole time?
It's not like that. We've been keeping an eye on Ed and Al.
You don't say.
So, when are those two coming back?
Oh, yeah, Grandma, I met someone in Rush Valley who said they knew you.
Grandma, no one's home! No one, okay?
Good grief...
Just a moment, please.
Wow, the power of love!
You've come back, have you?
Pinako-san, I can't seem to locate my house.
Your house, as such, is no longer...
Grandma, you know this man?
Ah, right. You were still so little, and all...
This man is Ed and Al's father.
Yeah, and coming back after being away for so long,
I can't seem to find my house.
The Philosopher's Stone.
Those who obtain it are set free from the Law of Equivalent Exchange.
There is no need to pay a price in order to obtain something, either.
We sought it, and found it.
The reason I want to spit these creaky old memories out
is because I don't have any other proof of my existence.
The future that I thought I had grabbed hold of
is a contradiction of dignity and freedom.
The reason I want to wipe away this distorted afterimage
is because I see my own limitations within it.
In the window of my overly self-conscious self
is last year's calendar, without any dates written in.
I'll erase it, and rewrite it,
with nonsensical surrealism and an unforgettable sense of presence.
Return from the brink, and rewrite it.
Even meaningless figments of imagination
can be the driving force that gives you form.
Give your whole body and soul to me.
"The Stray Dog"
How come you're so fast?
My body just seems awfully light for some reason.
If you're tired, should we take a break?
We can't.
What you said before was probably the truth.
About Fuhrer Bradley?
That man... the Fuhrer...
...is a homunculus!
This time, the Fuhrer was commanding the mission.
I don't think it was Envy, taking his place.
Besides, the Fuhrer's secretary was a homunculus.
If we go back to the military, you and I both would be...
Then, Brother, sure enough, that secretary lady is--
Don't say it!
But Sensei said that homunculi are made when a human transmutation fails.
I told you not to say it!
Al...
What was that just now?
A huge gate... I've seen it before, too.
Brother, was that truth?
Sensei said it was something else, but yeah.
How did that happen, when all we did is touch?
As an alchemist, I must have unknowingly made it react--
the Philosopher's Stone.
Brother, do you believe it, then?
That I have become a Philosopher's Stone?
I don't feel like that's what happened, myself.
After all, the Philosopher's Stone wouldn't be...
Nobody has ever seen one.
Whatever form it takes, it wouldn't surprise me.
But never mind that, don't get too close to me.
Brother...
If we aren't paying attention and touch again,
it will spark another reaction with the Philosopher's Stone.
There's no sense in having you disappear before we can take your body back.
Brother, where are we going?
Resembool.
That's where the military will look first.
Those homunculi are sure to come after you.
If we're going to beat them,
there's something that we have to get.
Kimbly was apparently confirmed dead before that red light.
However, at that moment, Scar was still alive.
It appears that the townspeople fled outside the city before the military rushed in.
We've discovered an underground passage, and we're tracing where it leads now.
Does this mean they weren't trying to resist?
Was their objective to use the military as ingredients,
making the whole city a transmutation circle?
Ed and Al appear to be safe.
Several soldiers witnessed Ed outside the city.
They said that about an hour ago, Ed and Al were leaving the area.
Could they be continuing on their journey? Even so...
I doubt that they were helping Scar to create a Philosopher's Stone.
Colonel!
28 dead, 67 seriously injured, including five officers.
There are still over 900 others missing.
We will conduct a thorough investigation as to what happened.
There is one person who knows exactly what happened.
Scar, you mean?
The Fullmetal...
The Elric brothers.
For what reason did they show up in Liore?
We believe that they were pursuing Scar.
Why? Did he have orders to subdue Scar?
No, they were engaged in various fields of inquiry and alchemic research.
They appeared in Liore, and had dealings with Scar.
Have as many as a thousand officers and men become casualties as a result?
It's not as though he has a rope around the Elric brothers' necks.
I would like to give them a chance to explain themselves.
Are you saying you will apprehend them yourself? Very well.
But if you fail to catch them,
you will be the one who will have to explain himself.
Go with them.
According to my intelligence,
there is a possibility that the Elric brothers are fighting alongside
a seditious element that calls themselves homunculi.
Catch him and bring him back.
If it gets out of hand,
I grant you permission to pass judgment on him on the spot.
Colonel...
You heard what he said.
Sort through all the information we have on sightings of the Elric brothers.
Are we really going to go after Ed and Al?
Those are our orders.
But this was the work of Scar.
It's also partially Archer's fault for being reckless.
I don't know what went down here, but the brothers--
The fact is, they've run away.
If we let them go, it's going to come down on the Colonel.
He said that if things get out of hand, he was to kill them!
Shall we get going, Colonel?
Yeah.
Did you stay here again all last night?
Huh?
I just don't have a good grasp on my sense of the passage of time.
How many years has it been since Trisha died?
It has been six years now.
I see. The children must have grieved, huh?
Sara Rockbell? But I thought you were Sara.
I told you before, remember?
I'm Winry. Sara was my mother.
So that's how. The war, huh?
It wasn't just war. They were killed.
And by a soldier who ordinarily would be their ally.
All because they treated friends and foes impartially.
That's so sad.
Please don't make it sound so simple.
It's not just sad.
I know the man who killed both of my parents.
I also know that he is by no means a bad man.
So I can't even do anything about it.
That's why...
That's why it's so sad.
Winry-san! I'm so hungry!
L-Lt. Ross...!
...and Brosh!
You really have come after us, haven't you?!
It's because we saw something we weren't supposed to see!
Oh, sure enough, you've come after us!
Scieszka!
I never knew...
Those boys don't even have a home anymore.
How do you mean, those two are being pursued by the military?
We got an emergency phone call, from the east.
They said that by the Fuhrer's order,
we were to apprehend the Fullmetal Alchemist and his brother,
and that they'd had contact with the masterminds behind the revolt in Liore.
What are those guys doing?
Someone I'm close to in Communications told me.
Currently, a search party is being drawn up by Maj. Gen. Hakuro.
Word has probably already gone out to local police.
Once that happened,
the Lieutenant suddenly took some leave.
And here I thought this would be a date.
It's nice to be able to breathe the clean air, isn't it?
How can you go to all this trouble just to tell all this to a wanted man?
What are you talking about?!
Even if the Fuhrer did order it, I don't believe it!
How could those two be rebels?
Uh, I didn't mean...
Still, we don't know whether or not the two of them are even coming here.
No, they will come home.
Even without a house to return to, this is still their home, right?
Besides, you're here, too.
Long ago, there weren't any rail roads into here...
There wasn't even a single road that went further east, either.
Everyone used to climb the mountain alongside that stream,
until it finally let out in the east.
We used to play a lot by that stream, long ago.
That's it! If I were Ed and AI, I would definitely come that way.
Thanks, Uncle!
Un... cle...?
Let's go, Scieszka! Ross-san, you guys stay here!
If the search party shows up, we'll slow them down as best we can!
Thank you!
There weren't any rail roads into here?
But that was over a hundred years ago...
AI, hide!
Brother...?
Just take cover!
So ultimately, this is all just about some promotion?
I wouldn't say that's the whole reason.
He said so, didn't he?
If the Elric brothers get away,
the Colonel will bear full responsibility for what happened in Liore.
The Colonel will?
In that case, there's not much we can do, huh?
H-Hey there, Edward-kun.
Just as the Colonel predicted.
You're taking the side road to your hometown that you're used to taking.
Well, let's go.
Move.
Ed-kun...?
I'm never going back to the military!
Go ahead and fire!
See whether or not you can shoot through my Automail!
Edward-kun, why?
Go ahead and shoot!
Stop!
Havoc-san...
We are not going back.
Al, let's go!
I'm sorry!
Come quietly!
Edward-kun!
If you've got something to say, we'll listen to you!
We are not your enemy!
You can prove your innocence
as much as you want to during the formal inquiry!
You'll be okay for now.
Do those two seriously mean to turn against us?
We'll find out when we catch them.
Nobody hesitate next time!
Colonel, um, could you get into my breast pocket?
Take better care of yourself.
They still couldn't have moved very far.
Probably because they can't very well expose Alphonse to the water.
Because of his bloodseal.
Out of the way!
Who was it that told you about the Elric brothers?
Nobody.
Do you seriously think that those two are rebels?
We'll know once we catch them and question them.
You're the one who recruited Ed and Al, aren't you?!
And now this?!
It's no use.
The only thing this man is interested in is his rank within the military.
Answer me!
Was this how it was when you killed my father and mother, too?!
Brother...?
Don't touch me carelessly! We don't know what will happen!
What are you running for?!
Ed! Al!
Winry!
Because you're chasing us, that's why.
When a dog is chased, he runs away.
A well-trained dog never goes against his master's orders.
Did you say "master"?!
Or, have you suddenly gone back to being a stray dog?
Relax, Edward -kun.
Even if you were cursed as a dog of the military,
you would put up with it in order to achieve your goal.
Isn't that what you said?
I'm through being a dog of the military.
Does this mean you're going back to being a helpless child who won't listen to reason?
Call it whatever you want!
You're slipping, Colonel!
Al!
Major!
Sir!
Al!
I transmuted the stone projectile in mid-air...
...and I compressed the air within it and ignited it.
An effective attack, was it not?
That must have come in handy around lshbal, huh?
Brother...
Stop!
Please... stop...
Winry...
Once, I killed two people.
They were doctors.
There were no friends or foes among their patients.
That's what they said as they treated those around the battlefield.
However, those who they treated became our enemies.
The military repeatedly asked them to stop treating them,
but they refused to listen.
I was given an order... and I... shot them.
Ever since, I swore that even if I was under orders,
I would not follow anything that was unreasonable.
That I would put myself in a position where I didn't have to follow them.
The reason I'm chasing after you is not because I was ordered to.
It's because I'm pissed off at you!
Why did you run off on your own without coming to me for protection?!
As my tears well up,
I don't have to stop them now.
At the end of all the grief,
the light is sure to shine through.
Stay... stay... stay... stay...
It's true, I cannot see you now,
but by hiding the heartache,
I can become stronger.
And I will go on making sure of that.
As my tears well up,
I don't have to stop them now.
Nor will I forget the pain,
as it becomes kindness.
That which I ruined in my haste,
I will take back, so that
I can walk on as I would,
for you.
Fullmetal Alchemist...
Episode 44: "Hohenheim of Light."
What the hell are you doing here...
...you rotten old man?!