Ed and Al go to the East City to meet Mustang and to submit his report of Rioru. Al picks up a wandering cat on the streets out of sympathy and wants to keep it but Ed tells him to dump it since they do not have the time and ability to take care of it. Al remembers how Ed used to plead with Tricia to keep a dog and feels sad about their current situation.Ed submits his report to Mustang but leaves out what happened at Zenotime and Aquaroa. However, Mustang knows about what has happened and tells Ed to report whatever he has done. In addition, he reminds Ed to stay in the capital so as to carry out his duties as a national alchemist since the latter has spent 3 years on searching for Kenja no Ishi but to no avail.
Just at this time, Basque Grand brings King Bradley and a huge number of national alchemists to the East City with the reason that they are here for an inspection. Ed asks Hughes about Marcoh who had saved the sick babies in Zenotime but he knows nothing about it. Ed is sure that Mustang knows something about Marcoh but the latter pretends that he is unaware. Grand appears at that time and tells them that Marcoh ran away from the army 6 years away during the internal war.
Ed tries to look for information on Marcoh but there is no data on him at all. Just then, Hughes comes to inform Ed that the annual test for national alchemists will be held at the East City instead of Centora for this year. Ed comes up with an idea to get what he wants.
Ed suggests to have a pre-match with Mustang and wants the latter to take care of the cat Al picked up from the streets if he wins as well as reveal information on Marcoh. Mustang does not take Ed's challenge seriously but King Bradley gives the go-ahead for this and Mustang has no choice but to accept this.
Mustang tells Hawkeye and Havoc that he is obeying King Bradley's orders because he is aiming for the post of the president. He reveals that his ambition is to make all women in the country wear mini-skirts which Hawkeye walks away and disses his thinking.
On the day of the battle, Mustang has the advantage and is almost able to win the match. However, a flashback appears before him and he loses his concentration which gives Ed the chance to retalliate. King Bradley stops the match and declares that it's a draw but makes them clear up the mess they created.
Ed asks Mustang why he didn't use his full powers during the match and why he lost his concentration. Mustang reveals that he remembered something which he doesn't ever want to think of again i.e. a weeping woman who was holding a gun and would kill Mustang if he didn't react. Mustang says that he thinks that Marcoh is a good man and tells Ed that he should go and look for him if he wishes to look for Kenja no Ishi.
Hughes and Mustang have a chat over drinks and Hughes reveals that Rioru is in chaos because the chief priest told the people to fight against the millitary. Even though Ed mentioned in his report that Rioru's chief priest was dead, this meant that the current priest is not the same as before. Mustang thinks that it's best not to let Ed know it now since he will realise in future that his actions did not save Rioru. In addition, Hughes reveals that the reason why King Bradley, Grand and the alchemists came to East City was due to the fact that there have been a spate of murders in Centora targetting national alchemists and there are less than 5 alchemists stationed there.
At night, a man is murdered brutally and it turns out to be Scar's doing...
Mustang and Hughes are really an interesting combination. On the surface, both may seem frivolous but they are serious when it comes to the crunch. And it seems that Mustang is very much affected by what he did during his war missions as seen from that flashback which made him lose his concentration. However, when these two are cracking jokes like Hughes trying to show off his daughter and Mustang showing his lecherous side, it makes me laugh non-stop thus making the anime more enjoyable.
Scar seems bent on killing national alchemists and he would probably cross paths with Ed as enemies. I'm really interested to know why he is behaving like this and whether he would be Ed's enemy throughout the series.
By the name, I note that Suwabe Junichi-san is also involved in FMA and he's a baddie by the name of Greed. When will I get to see or rather hear him?!
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