Ed and Al are surprised to find out that Meisun was the masked man who appeared during their training and see a boy (Wrath) emerging from the bushes looking at them with curiousity. Izumi decides to approach Wrath to find out more but vomits blood suddenly. This scares him as he grabs a stone and hits it at his hand thus creating a blue light. Ed feels that Wrath is an alchemist and goes to stop him from taking any further action. He is surprised to see Wrath's hand being turned into stone. All of a sudden, the blue light appears again as the clothes on Wrath's body and his stony hand disappear into thin air. Izumi stops Ed from coming near Wrath even though he has his doubts about Wrath's identity and worries about Wrath being after their lives but she says that a child can't do anything to harm the Elric brothers and notices that Wrath's arms and legs are of different shades of colour. When asked about his name and home, Wrath simply says that he does not know and seeks comfort in Izumi's arms.Back at Izumi's home in Dublith, Wrath is gobbling down food as if he has not eaten for ages. Meanwhile, Winry is happy to see the brothers back and asks if Izumi has forgiven them for their actions. However, they say that it's impossible as they went against her teachings and defied the rules of nature but they know that Izumi also understands why they did that. Ed also mentions that he's suspicious about Wrath and feels that Izumi is too trusting towards him.
That night, Ed and Al try to break into Wrath's room and are surprised to see him dangling upside down by the window instead of sleeping. Wrath asks the brothers to play with him and tries to strangle a rat. Ed tells Wrath to let go of the rat but the latter refuses to do so. As such, Ed chases him around the room and has no choice but to use alchemy to create a rope and tie Wrath's legs to the bed. Ed tries to question Wrath on his identity as he's very confident that he has seen Wrath before. This makes Wrath panic and creates a sudden alchemy reaction where his body is connected to the bed. Izumi enters the room and pacifies Wrath which then restores him back to the original state. The brothers also notice Wrath's unnatural skin colour and reveal why they are so persistent in finding out his identity since they have been attacked by the Homcrest before.
Meanwhile in Central, Mustang is in his car parked outside Hughes' residence but does not enter to visit his family. Sheska has come to visit and Glacier tells her to stop investigating Hughes' murder. However, Sheska assures Glacier that she will not put herself into danger. Sheska sees Mustang's car leaving and chases after him. She mocks him for not having the guts to meet Hughes' family since he did not investigate his best friend's murder and concentrates more on his own career prospects. Before leaving, Sheska throws stacks of information on cases Hughes was checking on prior to his death to Mustang and says that Hughes' murder should be linked to something there.
Sloth i.e. Juliet is talking to Envy on the phone when the King enters the office. However, she seems unconcerned about whether he would hear her conversation and he does not take a look at what she's doing. Sloth tells Envy to go to Dublith to look for the Elric brothers since Izumi is living there and leave Greed to Lust and Gluttony to handle.
Ed and Al tell Izumi about their clashes with the Homcrest and the fact that they cannot use alchemy themselves to make Kenja no Ishi. Since Wrath can use alchemy, Izumi says that he can't belong to the Homcrest but Ed is not convinced since alchemy cannot used to change the state of the body at will. Ed mentions the door he saw when the human alchemy ritual failed which gave him the idea to consolidate Al's soul into the armour by sacrificing his arm. He also remembers that he saw Wrath's face at that time which signifies that he's not a human being. Izumi decides that she will have to do some investigation first and forbids the brothers from approaching Wrath in the meantime. Izumi insists on going to the deserted island for investigation after taking her medicine despite Sigu's concerns of her health and whether the brothers know the origins of the Homcrest.
In Central, Mustang's subordinates are unpacking their stuff when one of them impersonates as Armstrong to play a prank on his colleagues. However, Hawkeye says that Armstrong has been transferred to help Hughes' replacement, Frank Archer and they have left Central for an investigation so Armstrong would not appear now. In addition, they know from Falman that Archer is a man who likes wars. Meanwhile, Armstrong asks Archer why he is going to the south to look for the Elric brothers and the latter remarks that he's not going to let Ed and Al do what they wish like what Mustang does...
Ed and Al are locked in their room and guarded by Meisun under Izumi's orders while she goes to the island alone. Al uses alchemy to put a phone downstairs where Winry is helping Wrath to bathe so as to speak with her. Al asks about any strange observations on Wrath's body and suspects that the different shades of colour on his limbs could belong to what Ed has lost since Ed saw his face on the door. Ed gets very worked up and breaks through the floor despite Winry and Sigu's intervention. He grabs Wrath's right arm and sees the scar which he got during the probation training when a fox bit him thus confirming Al's hunch. Ed questions Wrath where he got his arm and leg from and the latter runs away from Ed in fright. Ed chases after Wrath relentlessly along the streets...
On the island, Izumi finds something which gets so shocked and worked up that she vomits blood again...
A major discovery again! To think that Wrath got his limbs from Ed when he lost them during the human alchemy ritual and it sure hurts to find that someone benefited from his loss. This also goes to suggest that Wrath is not a human after all but whether he belongs to the Homcrest, that's another question. I also wonder what Izumi found on the island which got her so shocked.
Talking about Izumi, she seems to be rather sickly and keeps vomitting blood. In addition, seeing the symbol on her chest, I really think she knows about the Homcrest and may have been one of them. Besides, she seems to be hiding lots of things from the Elric brothers and I hope that she can come clean soon.
We have more enemies popping up again in the form of Archer who definitely is not a good guy. Someone who craves chaos and battle can't be someone who holds lives in high regard. I think there are so many enemies now that it will be a hassle to deal with everyone. Besides, some of the baddies haven't made their intentions known or taken any specific actions e.g. Greed's gang. Only 20 plus episodes left and I don't know how this will wrap up nicely in the end.
The more I look at the King, the more I think he's suspicious. Not paying attention to what Sloth/Juliet is doing may not be really significant but Sloth's attitude as to not being scared of the King knowing what she's talking about certainly makes me wonder if he's in cahoots with her and the Homcrest. If that's the case, Mustang and Co would probably have a tough fight since they are up against the highest authority in the millitary. The only way is to overthrow the King.
And in the next episode's trailer, we get to see Greed and Kimbly plus Scar again! Wow, a reunion of Tenipuri seiyuus huh? Atobe, Jirou and Tezuka meet again but in another anime and the coincidence is really uncanny. Greed and Kimbly are from the same gang, Atobe and Jirou are from Hyotei while Tezuka/Scar belongs to the opposite side. Just thinking of listening to their voices is enough to get me hyped up.
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