章 573: 573. Spoiled Plans
Alexander continued his speech, "Recently I went to Drachma. It was not an official trip as I went on my own. I wanted to ease the load on the shoulders of our Northern soldiers. So, I talked with the President of Drachma.
"Here, I have the Peace deal in my hand." Alexander showed everyone a paper in his hand. Most of the people had already heard the gossip about this happening.
There were also giant projectors with screens set up for people to see everything going on the stage. This was also going to start the age of information.
"It's not just the president who signed this deal, but their Government Party as well. So, now I can officially say, Amestris has no enemies anymore. There is no war now. I have brought permanent peace." Alexander announced with a raised fist.
With that, the crowd ushered in cheers. People often get excited about such talks about peace.
Alexander then continued, but with a grim expression. "But, when I returned here, I found something saddening. There was corruption in the Central Command of our country. So much corruption that many wars and conflicts arose due to them. I will let King Bradley explain everything as he was at the centre of all this."
Bradley's face was normal and there were no expressions. But internally, he was trying to fight this foreign control over his body.
He went to the podium and stood behind the mic. Then, without his permission, his mouth started to speak.
"I am ashamed to be telling you all this but this is indeed the truth. Corruption had taken place in the Central Command. A man that goes by the name Father was controlling me and my men. Father had created 7 Homonculus, out of which, 4 are already dead, killed by the hands of General Universe.
"Father wanted to use these Homonculus to create a country-wide transmutation circle and sacrifice all the people, just like he did with Xerxes more than 400 years ago. I am one of the Homunculus as well." As he announced that, he took off his eyepatch.
~Why am I saying all this?~ Bradley internally questioned himself.
The camera zoomed onto Bradley's eye and the projectors showed it to the people. Widespread panic ensued in the minds of everyone present there. But what Bradley then said, calmed them down a little.
"Today, I want to apologise to all the remaining Ishvalans, as I was the one who orchestrated the whole genocide. The soldier who killed the first Ishvalan child was none other than a shape-shifting Homunculus. I deliberately created a reason to exterminate them".
~How did he find this out?~ He questioned.
"All of this is for Father. He is the Sage from the East. Alchemy was brought to Amestris by Father who taught people that the energy is taken from the movement of tectonic plates. While that source does exist, all alchemy uses Father's Philosopher's Stone, which he circulates throughout the country through his underground tunnels. That way, he can turn his power off and block the earthen source as well.
"Yes, all of the Amestrisian Alchemists were using the energy of a Philosopher's stone, which in itself is made by sacrificing humans. Yes, Xerxes was sacrificed to make Philosopher's stone, that was also supposed to be the fate of Amesteris."
~Forgive me, Father.~
"But, our plan was spoiled by General Universe and now I am made to admit my crimes. But I have no regrets, Father gave you everything, Amestris exists because of him, you are all his property and he has the right to decide your fate." He suddenly took out a gun to shoot himself from below his chin.
~No!~ he tried to stop himself.
*BAM*
Alexander stopped him and took the gun, "You will answer to your crimes, Bradley, I will not let you escape so easily."
Alexander took the mic and spoke, "Don't worry, my people. I have everything under control. No one has rights over your lives, you are free and will remain free. I will defeat everyone evil, just like how I dealt with these Homonculus, I will also deal with this so-called Father. I will protect you all no matter what.
"I didn't tell you, but I had found out about this plot a while ago, but I had my suspicion that higher-ups of Amesteris were involved too. So, I did my investigations and found out that the whole Central Command was working for this Father. All of them were promised immortality in return.
"So, I decided to act. For the past 400 years, this Father has worked to create a countrywide transmutation circle. He also wanted to include Aerugo and Creta too. Brigadier General Hughes had also found out about this giant underground transmutation and for that, he died. But, don't worry, I have destroyed a big part of this Transmutation circle by filling it with molten rock and highly indestructible metal.
You are all safe," Alexander announced.
It was like a rollercoaster ride for the people. They cheered, then felt feared and then cried, now they were cheering again.
"FUHRER UNIVERSE! FUHRER UNIVERSE! FUHRER UNIVERSE! FUHRER UNIVERSE!..." People started cheering his name, already calling him Fuhrer.
Lt. General Grumman, who sat behind, sighed, "Ah, here goes my chance at promotion. I guess I will retire."
Lt. General Armstrong, sitting beside him, scoffed. "Huh, you old man, how can you even dream of becoming the Fuhrer? You should have retired a century ago."
*Sip* Iroh sipped tea and spoke, "Calm down, no need to fight over something that could have happened. Just look forward to what can happen."
Ragnarok was yawning while sitting there, "Finally, I can be in charge of the mining industry, I'm already calling dibs."
"You cannot steal the whole planet's gold, Ragnarok," Leonidas advised him.
Ajax stood beside his father, Leonidas. "Can I also join the military?"
Leonidas quickly denied, "No, son. I don't want to sleep on the couch."
Ajax's face lit up as if he remembered something, "Hah, I wanted to ask you, something dad. I heard you once telling mom that we should give Ajax a sibling. Where do babies come from, dad? Grandpa Raggy said they come from a cave. But who smuggles the baby into the cave? Are there bad guys in the cave?"
*Cough Cough*
Iroh choked on his tea and Leonidas was left speechless. Alexander, who also heard him, chuckled. But, they forgot that the mic was also on and the whole audience heard it.
Thousands of adults started madly laughing and thousands of kids looked at their parents to ask the same question and some grown-up kids were just smirking and looking down on kids for not knowing the secret.
"Ah, Ajax, your Grandma wanted to meet you. Haha, you may also go and play with that little kid. Go go." Leonidas tried to deflect the question.
"AJAX, COME HERE." Edward and Alphonse who were standing at the said of the stage called him. They couldn't let Ajax ruin the image of the new Fuhrer.
"What is it, guys? Do you know where the smuggler lives?" Ajax asked, making the two brothers frown.
"No, Ajax, the smuggler is very secretive." They said and dragged him away.
...
While the whole crowd was laughing, there were two people in the crowd who were not. One was Hohenheim and the other was Scar.
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