Martel tries to kill Kimbly so as to take revenge for Greed and her friends. Al asks Kimbly why he is here and the latter reveals that this is nothing surprisingly since he betrayed Greed to return to the millitary. Kimbly even questions if it is OK for Al to look on as Martel carries out her assasination attempt. Out of no choice, Al drags Martel away from Kimbly who grabs hold of a soldier standing beside him. When Martel tries to approach him, Kimbly pushes the soldier towards her. Al realises that something is wrong and pulls Martel away before the soldier explodes as a result of Kimbly's alchemy. Al and Martel then tumble to the ground from the second floor where Kimbly looks on with a tinge of regret that things did not go his way.Kimbly reprimands Al for trying to protect Martel where the latter tells him to stay away from her. However, Kimbly thinks that it's fine to kill Martel since she's just a kimera. Al decides to take the initiative to stop Kimbly before Martel regains consciousness so that he won't have time to induce an alchemy reaction. Just then, Martel comes to as Al traps Kimbly in a concrete wall. When Kimbly breaks out from the wall and ends up injured, Al tells Martel to run away as Mustang and his men arrive to investigate the commotion. Mustang tells Kimbly that Al is under his charge and he is free to raise a complaint if he wants. Kimbly is bitter about this and vows to blow up Al one day.
Meanwhile, in Central, King Bradley tells his subordinate that he is going to Rioru to suppress the uprising and gets the latter to take over the post of the president in his absence. He then proceeds to head to Rioru with Sloth and Wrath so as to destroy the city...
In Rioru, Ed reveals that he knows what Scar is trying to do as Lust and Gluttony look on. He asks Scar whether he was the one who killed the kimera made up of Nina and Alexander and the latter admits to it by saying that he did nothing wrong as creating kimeras was an act which violated the wills of God. Ed states that Scar has no right to kill the people of Rioru so as to create Kenja no Ishi. The conversation is getting nowhere so Scar decides to attack Ed. However, he finds that he can no longer destroy Ed's metal limbs like before. Ed points out that what Scar has been doing is similar to the laws of alchemy where the three steps are understanding, disintegrating and re-formation. Scar has been able to adjust his destroying techniques by analyzing the composition of objects but Ed changed the composition of metals in his limbs before they fought so that Scar won't have the upper hand. Scar refuses to change his mind about creating Kenja no Ishi which leads Ed to kill him. Before he can do so, Lust stops him and introduces herself and Gluttony to them. Ed tries to attack the Homculus but they remain unscathed. Scar is not appreciative of her gesture and takes out a necklace from his robe which he says to be a gift from Lust to his elder brother. Upon seeing it, Lust gets flashbacks of Scar's brother and his lover which makes her lose consciousness. Gluttony then carries Lust away immediately while voicing his dislike for Ed and Scar for doing this to her.
Ed asks Scar about the nature of his relationship with Lust but he refuses to answer. Just then, Lyra and Rose appear in front of them where Lyra tells Ed to listen to what they have to say. Ed is shocked to find out that Rose cannot speak...
Years ago, a woman passed a necklace to her lover i.e. Scar's brother as a safety amulet. However, she died soon after due to an illness which made Scar's brother very upset. Subsequently, he became obsessed with research about alchemy so as to bring his lover back to life. Before Scar could stop his brother, the latter had paid the price for this by losing a part of his body and was expelled from the tribe for conducting alchemy which was banned.
Scar relates this story to Ed and he suspects that Lust might be the product of his brother's alchemy ritual at that time. Ed reveals that Homculus are created when human alchemy rituals fail which leads Lyra to comment that Dante tried to do this before. That could be the reason why Greed was created. However, Ed points out that there might be a mastermind behind the gang of Homculus who keeps them alive and manipulates them for a purpose. He also points out that the reason why Lust was scared of Scar's necklace would be due to the reason that the remains of the woman whom she was created from were put into the locket.
Scar then continues with his story about his brother who returned to the tribe during the war and he wanted to create Kenja no Ishi to save his fellow people. However, he gave up the experiment for some reason which Scar has come to understand now i.e. the need for a large number of lives to be sacrificed.
At that time, Kimbly was sent to wipe out the Isbal tribe of which part of the people were running away from the millitary. When Scar tried to save an old man from being killed, Kimbly turned to him and caused the scar on his face by inducing an explosion. He then severed Scar's right arm and saw Scar's brother who was covered with the alchemy signs. When the red water crystal flew towards Scar's brother and blended into his body, Kimbly decided to stop his attacks since Grant had arrived to take care of the situation. After a while, Scar regained consciousness and saw that his brother had transferred his right arm to him so as to keep him alive and pass on the powers due to the deaths of the Isbal people to Scar. His brother also apologised for making him feel upset since he knew that Scar was also in love with his girlfriend.
Since Scar's right arm is an unfinished version of Kenja no Ishi, that is why it will react violently when in contact with the red water crystal. As such, he would have to obtain more lives so as to complete this. Ed is furious about Scar using Rose to manipulate the people in Rioru and trying to sacrifice them but Lyra clarifies that this is not the truth. They will get the people to leave through the underground tunnels and use the soldiers instead as sacrificial objects to make Kenja no Ishi. Ed does not like this idea since there will still be human lives lost in the process and the soldiers do not deserve to die even if they are from the millitary. At this moment, Rose walks in with a baby in her arms and she walks into the room quietly upon hearing Ed's remarks. Scar tells Ed that Rose was abducted by the soldiers and came back without her voice and pregnant. As such, there is no way they can forgive the millitary and this shocks Ed about what has happened to Rose.
Al is trying to look for Martel but to no avail. Just then, he sees Havoc running along the corridor in a hurry and asks what has happened. It appears that King Bradley has come to the frontline unannounced and everyone is puzzled by this development.
Martel is crawling through the ventilation vents and overhears King Bradley talking to Kimbly and Tucker. They are ordered to enter Rioru secretly which leads Kimbly to comment that they are doing what they had done in Isbal previously. Tucker has reservations about doing this but King Bradley stresses that they are doing this to uphold peace so they have to get the Rioru people to attack the soldiers so as to make their actions legitimate. In addition, King Bradley also tells them to kill Ed and bring his body back.
As King Bradley leaves the underground cell, Martel tries to attack him so as to stop history from repeating itself in Rioru. However, she is no match for him and gets a rude shock when she sees the Homculus sign in the left eye which has always been covered. Martel runs to look for Al so as to tell him the truth while King Bradley is hot on her heels.
Martel hides in Al's body and tries to tell him the truth. Just then, King Bradley appears from behind and pushes his sword into Al's armour to kill Martel. He justifies his action by saying that he has executed the kimera who has been threatening him and walks away as if nothing has happened. As blood from Martel oozes from Al's armour, he can only fall to his knees with regret over not being able to protect her...
I guess in order to keep this still suitable for kids to watch, there were certain things which the anime tried not to say explicitly. For example, about Scar's brother's first alchemy attempt where he lost "a part of the body", based on the graphics and the fact that the blood was centered on his trousers, it can be assumed that what he lost was something which can't be seen obviously. Likewise in Rose's case, they did not say explicitly that Rose was raped and came back pregnant. Besides, Ed is still a child so I guess the words to use during the explanation were toned down. Anyway, he's smart enough to infer from the evidence i.e. loss of voice (due to screaming), caught by the soldiers (men) and a baby in Rose's arms. The thing is, although Ed knows that the soldiers are not good people, I don't think he can simply forsake his identity as a national alchemist and his duty towards the millitary even after finding out the truth. There are too many implications since Al is still with the millitary.
Kimbly is such an obnoxious jerk and I felt like strangling him when it was revealed that he caused the injuries on Scar's face. I don't think he actually left Scar's brother alone because he saw how the red water stone reacted to the alchemy signs on the latter's body. He could have left things to Grant since it wasn't necessary to kill Scar's brother when he wasn't fully sure of what would happen.
This episode also confirms my guess that King Bradley is one of the Homculus. This is the worst thing that can happen since the highest authority in the millitary is evil. The only way to stop the country from being messed up would be to overthrow this guy. Otherwise, nobody will be able to stop him from doing what he wants.
One surprising thing was that Scar has feelings for his brother's lover so that could be why he is reacting so strangely when he sees Lust. If she was just someone who resembled his brother's lover, he wouldn't be so taken aback when he first saw Lust. This will be interesting...how will he react to Lust who is supposed to be his enemy?
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