[Fullmetal Alchemist｜Steelmaking] Life Theory

"Hello, Ms. Jessica Wright, I'm Lieutenant Colonel Opersey of the military, and I want to ask you something." Opersey tried to soften her expression, appearing not so serious.The brown-haired young woman in front of her was shocked when she saw her, but still nodded.Noticing that there were still some scars on her face and the exposed skin, Opalxi said nothing, and looked at Hughes behind her, and began to ask: "The reason for bothering you is to ask Let me tell you about the fact that you were beaten by your husband three months ago."

"...I'm already an ex-husband, please come in." The woman paused for a moment, and invited Opalxi and Hughes into her residence.Although the residence is not too big or small, although it looks very ordinary, Opalxi still noticed that some places are new.There is a child in the photo, and the woman.

The woman coughed, lowered her head, and roughly told them what happened that day.

She quarreled with her ex-husband and ran away from home in a fit of anger, but was stopped by her ex-husband halfway and beat her up.Finally reconciled, but divorced, the child followed her, and then there was no contact.

Hughes picked up the photo, glanced at it, and put it down carefully.Ao Poxi did some calculations, and asked again: "Excuse me, when did you get divorced?"

"The official divorce happened last month." Jessica replied, and Opus nodded, and after some calculation, it was about the same time as the incident.Hughes and Opus looked at each other, and Opex asked, "Excuse me, your husband... what is your ex-husband's job?"

"He's a construction worker." Jessica seemed to have a headache, and covered her face as she thought of something.She asked tremblingly: "Wait a minute, I understand... Are you asking me because of the recent cases? Did he do those? It means that he almost killed me last time,"

"We don't know yet, but if we get an answer, we will try our best to tell you." Hughes replied, looking a little serious.

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"Rick Parks. Lives in District 24, is a construction worker, and currently works in District [-]—" Dai Hughes rubbed his chin, frowned, and said while looking at the information.With a group of policemen, he stood at the place where Jessica's ex-husband worked, and he raised his head slightly. While waiting for the suspect to be called, he continued to talk to Opal Xi: "The place of residence and work is far away from the [-]th District yesterday. There is a distance, if they are working from [-]am to [-]pm every day, then he doesn't have enough time to commit crimes."

"That is to say, he didn't do these things, but the person who was killed was indeed of this type... That is to say, he did have something to do with this case, otherwise the method could not be so close." Ao Poxi touched Chin said, Hughes laughed in a low voice for a while, and said to Opalxi: "Why, don't you insist on your fish shop statement?"

"...The prisoner must have something to do with the fish." Ao Poxi was a little persistent, and curled her lips again.Then, a rather strong-looking blond man came over. When the man saw them, he stepped forward quickly, looking very imposing, but when he walked in front of them, he said with a little politeness: "Hello, I'm Rick Parks, what can I do for you?"

Opalxi nodded and wanted to say something, but Hughes stood in front of her and explained the purpose of her visit.After hearing his reason for coming, the man immediately frowned, and quickly denied: "It's not me!"

Sounding a bit cramped this time, he took a deep breath and defended himself: "Listen, I know I caused a psychological shadow on Jessica, but I regret doing that, I can't because Jessica That incident made me angry and became a murderer. What's more, I don't have the time to commit crimes, I have to work until the afternoon every day, and I don't have the energy to do other things when I get home!"

"That's why I quarreled with my ex-wife." Opel Xi interjected casually, and looked away, not in any mood.The man frowned slightly, and Ao Poxi continued: "Having said so much, you still beat your ex-wife. Moreover, someone started killing innocent people based on your method and your ex-wife."

Ao Poxi said, paused for a while, as if she couldn't think of what to say, she didn't speak.Seeing this, Hughes asked, "When you beat your ex-wife, were there other people present? I mean, men."

The man scratched his head, thought for a long time, and nodded as if he had thought of something, "There is one."

Hughes nodded, turned around, and asked for the portrait painter to be called.Opersey and Hughes talked on the sidelines while Rick Parks communicated with the portrait painter.Opalxi looked a little irritable, and had been showing a little bit of displeasure since just now. Hughes raised his chin slightly and said, "Do you want to smoke?"

Opal Xi paused, she nodded after being seen through, and lowered her head a little aggrieved.Hughes reached out, patted her on the head, and said to her, "You smoke one."

Opal Hey paused, clicked her tongue, and took out the cigarette case from her pocket. The cigarette was in her mouth, but she didn't light it up, but she seemed to be doing well.Seeing the situation, Hughes didn't care too much, and asked, "I'm going to release a portrait next, what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to ask the fish shop with the portrait." Opalxi replied immediately, Houston paused, looked at Opexy, and asked, "You trust your own nose so much?"

"I believe." Opalxi nodded, raised her head a little proudly, full of confidence in her own nose.Hughes smiled and nodded: "I see, then, you go to the fish shop and tell me immediately if you come across any clues."

"I see." Opalxi nodded and agreed.After a while, Opalxi got the portrait and got into the car immediately.Enwei, who had transformed into someone else, was there. Seeing Ao Poxi's appearance, he asked, "Why, do you have a clue?"

"Go to District [-]." Opalxi nodded, and told Enwei the location: "That fish shop last time."

"Understood." Enwei stepped on the accelerator and immediately drove to District [-].Opalxi looked at the man in the portrait. He was a black crew-cut man with a big nose and a big scar on his face.Arriving at the location, Enwei reminded Opalxi.

Ao Poxi got out of the car, adjusted her military uniform, stood up straight, and looked at the fish shop.This time, it was still the man who ran the business last time. Ao Poxi walked over and nodded to him.The man opened his eyes wide and understood what Ao Poxi meant, he leaned forward and asked, "What's the matter, little female officer."

"...I'm 27 this year." Opal Xi frowned, a little unhappy by this word.Quickly adjusting her mentality, Ao Poxi took out the portrait: "Excuse me, have you ever seen this person?"

"This scar... I think I've seen this person before." The person took the painting, looked it over, and replied.He turned his head again and shouted: "Wait for me—Zoff! Come out and have a look!"

The man before came out, took a look, and replied with the shortest words: "Regular customer, I don't know the name."

"It's a regular customer, right?" Opalxi confirmed, Zoff nodded, looked at him, and said again: "Cliff, you will forget even the guests who come at noon on many occasions, Remember the girl's name and appearance and forget it."

"..." The man named Cliff covered his face and shook his head in despair.Ao Poxi didn't really want to participate in their next words, so she looked at Enwei and nodded with him.Enwei got out of the car, glanced at the portrait, and the two men confirmed it.

"Then just let the police wait." Back in the car, Opalxi replied, Enwei nodded, and sent Opalxi to Hughes.Opalxi and Hughes talked about the situation, and Hughes nodded: "So that's how it is. It's because it's a familiar road, so it's so bold, and it smells like fish. Is it because I bought fish?"

Hughes twitched the corners of his mouth, and nodded to Opersey: "Obviously there is no work that requires alchemy, but you are still here, please. But thank you for your nose, narrowing the scope, I will Let the police do the disguise."

"No, there's nothing troublesome." Opalxi shook her head, turned on the lighter, and lit the cigarette.With a sigh of relief, Hughes smiled at Opal Xi: "Did you set a small goal?"

"Yeah, smoke after solving the case." Opalxi also relaxed, and answered Hughes' words.Hughes nodded, thought of something, and said to Opalxi: "When I catch someone, I'll go back and make invitations, and I'll send them to you at that time."

"Be a good husband." Opersey said jokingly, Hughes immediately became serious, and said seriously to Opersey: "I will take Gracia seriously."

"I wish you happiness." Opalxi waved her hand and walked out of the office.Thinking about the circumstances of this case in his heart, the targeting of the brunette woman was probably just because he happened to be beating the brunette Jessica when he saw this scene.The assault on a woman's face is the disgust of the scars on her own face, and the hatred of her abnormal appearance... No.

Opalxi also thought that it should be the insult to him by the brown-haired woman that he had always hated, and the beating of Jessica made him realize that he could take revenge in this way.The beatings in the face were their revenge for the insults they had made of their appearance, and the stab wounds in the body were their response to his wounds in the heart.

should be.

Ao Poxi confirmed it in her heart. On the way home, she suddenly stopped and turned her head.A dark-haired, tall man was standing behind her, with some glaring scars on his face.The man paused, stretched out his hand, and tried to pull her into the alley next to her.

However, Ao Poxi raised his leg and kicked him without hesitation, and kicked him heavily to an important part, making him unable to speak for a while, and fell to the ground.

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Ao Poxi looked at the fallen man with a rare expression full of question marks.

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