[Steel Flame Steel] Blue Lion

Who will I meet.Walking forward, Ed felt a sense of fear for no reason, he didn't know how to face the black-haired man.

"Elric... Colonel?" According to the document issued by the President a few days ago, the national alchemist in front of White was promoted to a higher rank because of his achievements in suppressing the civil war and researching alchemy.

"Huh?" Ed was really not used to hearing this kind of military rank all of a sudden.He knew that the reason why the President promoted him was because the research on the Philosopher's Stone was too smooth.Yes, artificial humans need the Philosopher's Stone as a material to survive, which can actually be regarded as their weakness.

White raised his head to look at the bright red not far away, and then smiled ambiguously at Ed, "Why don't you go and have a look?" He bumped Ed's shoulder with his elbow, jokingly.

These few subordinates who have followed Ed from the central government naturally know what happened between these two people.It would be great if Major Mustang's appearance could make his superior calm down relatively and get rid of the things that gave him a headache.

"It's still fighting, Thrall." Ed rolled his eyes, not thinking of paying attention to White at all.Although all the cells in his body were screaming, let him rush over now, rushing in front of the black-haired man, "Is it almost time, Kress?"

As Ed's adjutant, he was full of murderous aura while holding a sniper gun.After all, once the bullets of the sniper gun are fired, there will definitely be lives lost in this world.And this gun is also the best weapon to protect them - for those Ishbal people who like to make sneak attacks.

"Two hours to go, we need to end the fighting."

The soldier died because of Ed, which only Kress and he knew.But Kles didn't worry about his life all day long because of this incident, he still assisted Ed as always, and his trust in him never diminished.

No matter what the consequences of the person in front of him were, he would always be the boy who stood in front of them with dead fish eyes on purpose, accepting their scrutiny—that was the moment when he and Ed first met.

As a boss, a child will be dissatisfied no matter what, including him.But after several years of getting along, he suddenly recognized the status of this child in his heart, an officer worth following.

"Two hours..." Ed muttered, sideways to avoid the Ishbal who spewed blood from a slashed artery.

The sky-shattering artillery fire continued, and Ed squinted his eyes to observe his surroundings.The Ishbal with a gun and the monk hiding in the dark—maybe there will be a person called 'Ska' inside.

"It's enough, Colonel Elric." Cress replied, his always quiet eyes could always make Ed feel reliable.This may be the role of an adjutant, and Ed suddenly began to understand why there was a bond of trust between Roy and his subordinates.

Ed bared his teeth at Ensign Kress, and couldn't help but laugh first.At least he can be sure of one thing. After the two-hour attack is over, he can stand in front of Roy Mustang with his neck raised, and then blink his eyes: bastard is incompetent, my military rank is one level higher than yours .

Compared to Fullmetal Alchemist, perhaps flames are the most unbearable thing for Ishbal people.Before they could react, they were burned to charcoal, convulsed and died in pain-this was obviously because Roy miscalculated the oxygen and hydrogen content.

Most of the time, this kind of injury is really not easy to deal with.Infections from burns are more deadly than any other.They hated the Flame Alchemist so much they wanted to skin him and hang him upside down from the tallest tower to dry out.

It's a pity that they couldn't stop the man from snapping his fingers expressionlessly.

'Snapped--'

Predatory animal-like flames rushed towards his face, and the Ishbal people, who didn't even have time to scream, were forced to escape from their fantasy.There was a crackling sound next to his ear, and the second before he lost consciousness, he vaguely remembered whether he had been roasted.

"Destroy, hunt, and show no mercy." At this time, Hughes stepped forward.Only he dared to approach Roy calmly after seeing Roy's alchemy, "The country sent you only to kill people."

Roy, who was able to calm down for a while, breathed a sigh of relief, his slender fingers brushed the edge of the cloak and tightened it.The smell of gunpowder smoke that could not be eliminated filled his nostrils, giving him a faint urge to vomit.

"Is this really to suppress the civil war?" Looking around, the mutilated bodies of Ishbal were piled up on the ground.There was still a last cry hidden in their throats, and their unwilling eyes made them look hideous, "The Ishbal annihilation battle is unreasonable no matter how you think about it."

"Yes." Hughes turned his head and fixed his gaze on the flames of war not far away.He could see the state alchemists in action, and they were literally massacring the Ishbals.He had thought about this question himself, but in the end he still felt that the truth behind the facts was whatever it was, and it was not something a captain should pay attention to at all.

However, who would really be willing to be treated as a killing machine on the battlefield.

"Their goal is about to succeed..."

Not far away, a familiar voice woke Roy up.He turned his head mechanically, trying to find the place where the sound came from.Assuming his memory hadn't been confused and mistaken, the voice just now was indeed...

"Purpose?" White, who had set up his gun to keep moving, turned his head. Compared with Second Lieutenant Kress, who was a sniper, he was able to stay by Ed's side at the closest distance.

In his impression, this too young boss rarely expressed his views.He has an observant attitude towards everything - he has always thought so, until the time two years ago, the person in front of him suddenly broke out.

At that time their lives were more monotonous than they are now, similar to prisoners of war but different in some places.With bewilderment, White began to wonder if they were being used to threaten the boss.This was the only way Whites thought to make this stubborn, child-like boss obediently compromise.

"That thing is probably the only support for the central government to invest a lot of combat power on this desolate plain at all costs." Ed stretched out his mechanical hand, pointed his five fingers at the smoking place not far away, and then make a fist.

"Although I don't know what happened to you two years ago, but..." Second Lieutenant White commanded the soldiers squatting behind them to shoot, so that those Ishbal people hiding behind buildings and in the trenches could not fight back , said to Ed: "Please restrain that madness."

"Tch—" Ed burst out laughing, not daring to laugh too loudly, but it still made all the soldiers feel chills on the battlefield.There was a hint of sob in the last laugh, Ed lowered his eyelids and fiddled with the pistol he had been holding tightly, "It was discovered..."

The more I see the cruelty of this war, the more I can't forgive what artificial humans have done; the more I can't forgive, the more I want to solve the root of all disasters.

Ed turned his head around in embarrassment, and suddenly smiled sinisterly, causing White to suddenly bounce aside, like a frightened rabbit.If it is not too clear that this boss likes to joke, then White must think that he will be killed in the next second.

"I also once said that there are always some things that are worth our lives." His tone changed quickly, and Ed, who had shown a little childish mentality just now, became serious at this moment.He stepped forward and patted White on the back hard, "Don't think too much."

Confused, then sighed.

White noticed the two people approaching cautiously not far away, and hurriedly grabbed the boss who was about to continue fighting.Continuing the topic under his puzzled eyes may be regarded as delaying time.

"So?" There was no miscalculation. From White's point of view, they were indeed acquaintances he had taught in the military academy, and one of them was a colleague who once worked in an office. "When the war is over, are you going to give your life?"

All he saw were soldiers wearing sackcloth cloaks. Although the war continued and the smoke from the wind from next door irritated his eyes, Roy still recognized the little blond bean caught by the soldiers.Amid Hughes' malicious laughter, Roy quickened his pace.

It seemed that something uncontrollably surged out of his heart, making the black-haired man start to feel restless.While getting closer, he heard the conversation between Ed and Second Lieutenant White.

"Who knows..." Ed dragged out his tone, and answered White reluctantly.He shook his arm, signaling his subordinates to let go.The national alchemist also exists as an important force to protect his companions. If he is a few steps late, unknown soldiers may die because of him.

White didn't let go, and the expression on his face became a little strange.To be honest, he originally asked that question in a not-so-serious manner just to delay time.Originally, he thought he would be denied, but his superiors would actually affirm it—for them, Ed's ambiguity was basically an affirmative sentence.

Impatient Ed directly pulled out his arm, and the moment he turned around, his golden eyes widened in vain, and the familiar figure and those jet-black eyes were reflected on the retina.