Chapter 135: Tragedy? Not on My Watch
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After exiting the meat shop, Edward smiled in satisfaction as his plan was going smoothly. The reason that he went to meet Izumi Curtis was for two reasons: one, when he was stealing knowledge from alchemists' minds, he did not do so for her and the protagonists of this world: the Elric Brothers.
The reason for that was that these people had opened the Gate truth, so he was worried that his actions would alert Truth. So, he decided to be careful.
So, his meeting with Izumi was a way to exchange knowledge.
The second reason was that he needed a reasonable and upright identity when he interacted with the Elric Brothers and the people around them.
While walking away, Edwards thought to himself:
'This Sig was quite strong, even beyond the limit of ordinary humans. Now that I think about it, certain individuals of this world like Izumi, Sig, Riza Hawkeye, Scar have abnormal physiques compared to ordinary humans. Plus, they did not achieve this level of strength through genetic engineering, but through pure training."
Just now, Edward just checked both Sig and Izumi's Life Code and determined that they were ordinary people.
'This should have something to do with Qi. In this world, according to the eastern country of Xing, Qi is the life energy flowing through all things: from mountains to rivers, to flowers, and even humans. They called this flow the Dragon Pulse.
'The people of Xing use this life energy in their Alkahestry instead of earthen energy, thus making their Alchemy more suitable for medical purposes.
'If the people of this world can passively absorb life energy from the Dragon Pulse while training to increase their Qi or life force, then their strength, speed, and endurance would increase beyond the normal level.
'From what I remember, Ling Yao and Mei Chang could sense Qi inside a person's body and even use it to track and identify enemies. As a result of this, they could also sense the countless souls inside the Homunculi.
'Well, it seems that I have to visit Xing during my time in this world.'
After returning home, Edward again began to study alchemy. This time, he was focused on Chimera.
In just a few days, he managed to create a regular chimera by combining different animals, then he went a step further, taking out the basic chemical compounds of these animals to create the chimera from nothing.
Following this, he studied Human Chimera.
A holographic image of DNA was displayed in front of Edward and Morgana.
"The DNA of these Human Chimera has been completely rewritten to include animal DNA. In some way, this could be considered a form of human evolution," said Edward.
"Yes. The effect is similar to Tower Masters Narcissa and Soleil's experiment of placing magical animals' souls in a human body. Except the human Chimera can transform into half-human, half-animal, while the ones in their experiment only acquire certain characteristics or abilities of animals while still retaining their human form," said Morgana.
"Strictly speaking, their experiment is way better. Nevertheless, studying these Human Chimera should greatly increase the Genetic Technology of the Empire."
The little elf quickly did some calculation, then said: "With enough chemical materials, we could basically mass produce these Human Chimera. However, the ones made strictly from chemicals instead of combining an animal with a human do not have a soul, they're just an empty vessel."
"We do not need a soul to control them," replied Edward. "We could plant chips inside their brain, then have you control them. With your computing ability, it's easy to control a few quadrillions. Essentially, this technology will allow the Empire to have a massive army of cannon fodder."
"Master, do not forget to take into account the resources needed for such a thing."
"I know this, I'm just stating a possibility."
Edward then continued to review the data he gathered, then, he seemed to think of something.
"Morgana, what date is it?"
"September 4, 1914." After saying this, Morgana paused as if she just remembered something, then a look of horror and confusion appeared on her face.
"Didn't I ask you to warn me a few days before this date arrived?"
"Master, I seem to have forgotten."
Both of them became silent after hearing this. As an A.I. and a super-computer, there is no way that she could forget something like a regular person. Even Edward with his perfect memory can be distracted and forget things, hence the reason he had Morgana.
However, she should not be able to forget--unless someone interfered and hacked her program. However, Morgan is both a technological invention and a magical way, making it virtually impossible for ordinary means to do so.
And given the low technological tree of this world, this was even more impossible.
Immediately, both of them thought of a person capable of doing this. They looked at each other but did not say anything. Edward left his house and headed somewhere.
--Scene Break--
Edward Elric and his brother, Alphonse, were standing in a dark room looking at a dog. Sadness, despair, and confusion could be seen on their faces or surrounding them.
Shou Tucker lay on the floor with blood flowing on his face, laughing hysterically. Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye held a gun pointed at him. Meanwhile, Colonel Mustang was also looking at the dog. Although he had a calm look on his face, his clenched hands showed his true mood.
Suddenly, a voice ringed into the room:
"Am I too late?"
All of them turned around looking at the sudden intruder. Riza pointed her gun at the handsome man that just appeared in the room, Mustang and the Elric brothers were on guard, preparing to perform alchemy at any moment's notice.
Edward--who just apparated in the room--ignored these people as he looked at the dog. He remembered how terrible he felt when he first watched the anime and witnessed Nina Tucker.
Immediately after knowing that he came to this world, he decided to save this little girl, along with Maes Hughes.
Edward raised his head to look at the symbol of Alphonse's left shoulder.
"The Flamel Symbol? Are you guys related to Izumi Curtis? She had the same symbol tattooed on her body."
"You know our teacher?" asked Alphonse.
"So, you're her student. I met her and had a pleasant exchange. She's quite the extraordinary Alchemist. Unfortunately, she declined my invitation to be my wife."
The Elric brothers immediately thought this strange man was insane. Knowing how crazy and powerful their teacher is, they wondered how he managed to survive after asking such a question.
"Who are you? And how did you get past the soldiers outside?" asked Riza. She was not as gullible as these children and was on alert.
"How did I get here? I just appeared here, of course." Then, Edward started walking towards the dog. Taking his action as a threat, Riza immediately shot her gun. However, once the bullet reached a meter from Edward, they evaporated on sight.
"What's going on?" asked the Lieutenant.
"Decomposition," said Edward Elric. "The bullet was decomposed into its basic element."
"Brother, he did not even use a transmutation circle, do you think…"
"Maybe."
Edward ignored those people and came close to Nina to examine her. With a frown on his face, he said:
"A shoddy method of making a Human Chimera. The human body was mostly decomposed to make a bunch of messed up and unnecessary organs inside the animal body. The most terrible thing is that the animal soul was mixed with the human soul. Although the situation is grave, it's not irreversible."
He then took a piece of chalk to draw a circle on the ground, followed by a bunch of complex runes.
Meanwhile, the Elric brothers who were quietly observing the transmutation circle quickly understood something. Edward Elric then yelled: "Are you crazy, performing Human Transmutation?"
"Boy, stay out of things that you do not understand," said Edward Bones as he glared at him, making the older Elric brother frightened; those eyes were truly scary.
In one spot of the circle, he then placed 35 liters of water, 20 kilograms of carbon, 4 liters of ammonia, 1.5 kg of lime, 800g of phosphorus, 250 g of salt, and a bunch of other materials.
After doing this, he placed his hand on the circle to activate.
Then, a miracle happened in front of everybody present. The chimera dog decomposed before separating into two: one girl and one dog. The little girl was Nina Tucker.
"How is that possible?" screamed Shou Tucker.
Not long after he said those words, the little girl opened her eyes. She looked around in confusion. After seeing Edward Elric, she muttered: Big brother Edward?"
She then looked at her father. A look of fear appeared on her face as he looked on the floor, not wanting to look at him.
Meanwhile, our protagonist nodded in satisfaction after seeing this.
"Although separating the soul was a little trouble, everything turned out fine in the end."
"You-You-You just successfully performed human transmutation," said Edward Elric, with both shock and happiness.
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Chapter 136: Introduction
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"Full Metal, you need to calm down," said Mustang, which was his first words ever since Edward showed up.
"Calm down? How can I calm down?" yelled Edward Elric. "This man just recreated a perfect human body through Human Transmutation. No, to be precise, he recreated Nina's body matter by matter. Not to mention how perfectly he separated her soul."
"So?" responded Mustang.
"That means that his method could help get our bodies back," added Alphonse.
"Can you guys quiet down," said Edward Bones. Then, he looked at Nina and asked: "How do you feel?"
"Big brother, I'm fine."
"Does it hurt anywhere?"
"No."
Although she said she was fine, Edward could tell that she was not--at least psychologically. Well, it was understandable as she was just fused with a dog by her father. So, he secretly used a Mind Soothing Spell to reduce the impact that this event would have on her.
Once he was done, he used a sleeping spell on her so that she could rest. Finally, he stood up, looked at the Elric brothers, and said: "Unfortunately, you're wrong."
"What do you mean?" hurriedly asked Alphonse.
"Well, your body was used as a toll for opening the Gate of Truth. Logically speaking, it should have been gone, returning to the flow of the universe. Since the Law of Equivalent Exchange is absolute, you can't recreate your body."
"Are you saying that it's impossible to get our bodies back?" asked Edward Elric with gritted teeth.
"I'm not saying that. However, the method I just used will not succeed for you guys."
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Hawkeye--who still had her guns raised--suddenly said: "Have any of you noticed how easy this man was able to gain our trust and lead the conversation, and yet, we do not even know his name.
"On top of that, he seemed to know a lot about the conditions of you two."
Everyone then noticed that she was right, so they once again became on guard. As for Edward, he just smiled before saying: "My name is Edward Bones, a traveler from distant lands. I'm currently in the process of traveling the world to learn about different countries' alchemy.
"My first step is Amestris, soon, I'll be heading to Xing."
"Do you have a passport and a visa?" asked Colonel Mustang.
"Of course," responded Edward as he took it out. The Lieutenant slowly walked to him to check it.
"He's from Creta, the passport and visa are real," commented Lieutenant Hawkeye. She then looked at Edward and asked: "Last question, how did you suddenly appear here? And how did you know that something bad would happen ?"
She remembered how this person asked if he was too late after appearing here. This was one of the reasons she was suspicious.
"I cannot explain how I knew that something would happen here: I just knew. Think of it as intuition. As for how I suddenly appear, well, I just teleported here."
"That's preposterous," said Edward Elric. "Alchemy is based on scientific principles, meanwhile, teleportation is nothing but science fiction. It's impossible to use Alchemy to teleport."
"No, it's possible. All you have to do is decompose the body into atoms, then reconstruct it in another place. Of course, you would need some other dimension as a link to connect the two places."
"Like the Gate of Truth," muttered the older Elric brother.
"Exactly," responded Edward Bones.
"Even so, if even a single atom was missing, the process would fail. Controlling trillions upon trillions of molecules seemed an impossible task."
"You are thinking about this too deeply," added Edward. "Alchemy is not 100% based on science. At a deeper level, it overlaps with spiritualism, the occult, and pseudoscience.
"For example, the soul is linked to the body through the mind. In the process of teleportation, once the soul passes through the Gate and arrives at the desired destination, using the mind, all the atoms in the body will follow.
"And when it comes to the process of reconstruction, if we consider the atoms in the body as living entities with instinct, an alchemist just has to allow these atoms to follow this instinct and the body will reconstruct itself on its own.
"There is no need to rebuild it atom by atom."
Edward was not just spewing nonsense. In the anime, Edward Elric did achieve something similar to teleportation when he was swallowed by the Homunculi, Gluttony.
And the process he used was similar to the one that Edward mentioned.
The Elric brothers seemed to be enlightened after hearing his words, so they stopped to ponder Edward's words. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Hawkeye was thinking to herself:
'This way this man behaved, he seemed like he was a teacher. More importantly, he seemed to enjoy teaching.'
"Wait," suddenly said Alphonse. "There is still the issue of toll: to open the Gate, a toll must be paid. So, what did you pay?"
"Good question, unfortunately, I cannot answer that question."
Edward Elric frowned after hearing this, then he said: "By chance…"
"If you want to ask me if I have a Philosopher's Stone, the answer is no. However, I can warn you guys. Your search for this stone will bring you a lot of pain and misery."
After saying that, Edward paused for a moment, looked at the Lieutenant: "Could you please stop pointing a gun at me? It is very uncomfortable and useless. Quite frankly, if I wanted to do something to any of you, there is nothing you could do about it."
"Oh, how so?" asked Colonel Mustang with a smirk on his face, obviously displeased by the insinuation.
"Like this," said Edward who proceeded to snap his finger. Then, flame surrounded him, then he snapped his finger again, controlling the atoms and electrons in the surrounding area. Then, a massive surge of electricity surrounded him.
"Flame Alchemy!" said Colonel Mustang.
"How is that possible?" muttered Lieutenant Hawkeye. Her father was the creator of Flame Alchemy, and she only passed it on to one person.
"I can be considered one of the greatest Alchemists in modern time," boasted Edward. "So, it was quite easy to recreate it after seeing the basic principle."
He paused for a moment, turn to look at the sleeping Nina, and thought to himself: 't's good that I was able to save you'
He then finally looked at Shou Tucker who was trembling on the floor. Ever since Edward entered the room, he felt a horrendous dread overcoming his soul. This was the reason that he did not say anything.
After taking a quick glance at this guy, he raised his head and said:
"Well, now that I've accomplished the task I came here for and fed my vanity in the process, my job here is done; it was nice meeting all of you, folks." He then clapped his hand together, a transmutation light flashed from his body and he disappeared.
This was not magic, he just bent the lights surrounding him to appear invisible.
While everyone was still shocked by what just happened, Edward did not immediately leave the compound. Instead, he waited for the night; he waited until Scar found Shou Tucker and killed him.
Edward did not know whether his action would prevent that guy's death, so he waited to see. Since he could not do anything himself, he was prepared to use magic to influence Scar to do his bidding for him.
Luckily, he did not have to do anything as the Ishvalan Avenger did not have any mercy for an alchemist like Shou Tucker.
Of course, another reason he waited for Scar was to see the Transmutation Array tattooed on his body, and use Legilimency to acquire information about where he placed his brother's research on combining Alchemy and Alkahestry.
After getting the information he wanted, he left.
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