my slow journey to infinity

Chapter 73 Exam!Test hard!

February 1916, 2, the agreed date.

In fact, Mustang and the others had already started taking action two weeks ago.

They dismissed the President in the name of exercises and secretly transported the northern army to Central City.

The mutiny began last night in secret. They first kidnapped the president's wife and then occupied the radio station in Central City.

Starting this morning, they used radio to inform people in the city to stay at home and take shelter.

Mastan claimed that there was a rebellion in the Central Army. The officers of the Central Committee murdered the president, and Mastan and the others were the righteous party and they were countering the rebellion.

Then a large number of troops began to surround the presidential palace. Before the arrival of heavy firepower such as tanks, there were only a small amount of gunfire and grenades to test, and the situation was somewhat stalemate.

Today is a total solar eclipse, the day when the "little man in the bottle" attempts to ascend to the gods, and it will also be the day when it is at its weakest.

Wang Shui was in an office building east of the Presidential Palace, watching the whole city through various monitoring facilities.

"Aren't you going to participate? Even with heavy firepower, it will be very difficult to break into the presidential palace before four o'clock in the afternoon."

Sylvia is here too, and she wants to raid the formation today.

"Don't worry, ordinary troops are of little use. As long as the key alchemists get in, the current stalemate is just for show. I'm afraid that the androids will jump over the wall in a hurry. Otherwise, with the preparations of Mustang and the others, they will be able to attack in a matter of minutes.

Hohenheim and the others, on the other hand, also wanted to let the villain in the bottle complete his plan first, and then let him launch the reversal of the national formation. It would not be good for the large troops to go in early now.

And that guy from Hohenheim should be caught deliberately opening the door for the enemy. "

"Then when are we going to join in the fun?"

Wang Shui looked at the time and said casually:

"The main show is at four o'clock in the afternoon. We can go half an hour early. You can't let me do the sacrifices and open the door, right? Now my task is to invigilate the exam. My students all said they want to show me their progress.

Okay, let's go have dinner first. I invited a famous chef from New Zealand, who is downstairs now. "

So when the storm was about to come outside, a big meal started to be prepared here.

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Unlike the ordinary soldiers who surrounded the presidential palace, alchemists were more suitable for special operations.

Edward and his group were intercepted outside the city. Pride, the boss of the androids and the most powerful, stopped them.

Pride's activated shadow is extremely fast, has extremely strong attack power, and can cut steel at will. Edward was quite passive at first.

In the original book, this battle did not take place in the suburbs of Central City, but now it seems that the situation is similar.

Just when Hohenheim was about to use the power of the Philosopher's Stone to trap [Pride], Alphonse was surprised to discover:
The new body Mr. Via built for him actually withstood the attack of [Arrogance]!

Those sharp shadows hit his [ceramic armor], leaving no trace at all.

Although Alphonse didn’t know why Mr. Via designed the armor to be so large, nor did he know the meaning of the raven helmet and the double-headed eagle logo on the chest, he felt that Mr. Via was really happy when designing it.

Mr. Via even made him a lot of spare accessories, such as a strange pig-faced helmet, a large pistol and a chain axe.

"You go first, I'll hold him back!"

Alphonse shouted, and then took out an exaggerated ax and an oversized pistol from the slot on the side of his body.

At least it looked like a pistol in his hand.

Arrogant Pride just casually attacked Alphonse who was closest to him as usual, but he received a casual shot from Al.

A bolt of fire erupted from the muzzle of the gun, and Pride's shadow subconsciously raised its defense.A huge bullet hit the shadow with a rocket-propelled tail flame, and then immediately exploded like a grenade.

The Little Boy Pride was thrown away by the shock wave of the explosion. At this time, everyone who was preparing to leave first had not even had time to get into the car.

"Uh... Al, your Majesty, you will be here in a moment."

Everyone gave instructions and then left.

Edward walked at the back. He approached Al and whispered:
"Get rid of him, Al."

"Brother...do you mean to kill him?"

Edward nodded heavily and said in a serious tone:
"He is too lethal to ordinary people. We cannot let him return to Central City. If we show mercy to him, many soldiers will be killed."

Alphonse, who was wearing reassuring heavy ceramite armor, nodded heavily and turned on the switch on the chain saw ax on his hand.

"I'm sorry, Al, for having blood on your hands."

"No, brother, we are here to save this country! Moreover, today we are also handing in our answer sheet to Mr. Via!"

The two brothers said goodbye firmly, and the android Arrogance also ushered in his early completion.

Al used a very handy chain saw ax to cut open Pride's body over and over again, hacking at the red stone over and over again, while still muttering:

"You deserve to be called arrogant? Don't you realize how arrogant you are?"

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On the other side, Edward and his team met up with Mustang. They passed through the underground passage built by [The Little Man in the Bottle] and split up to find the center of the national formation formation.

In fact, they were not in a hurry, because they were not rushing around in this battle, and Edward was even mentally prepared to be captured by the final boss.

Wang Shui had already told them:
If the little man in the bottle wants to drag the "god" down from the sky, he needs five people who have opened the "door of truth" as "human pillars", which can also be said to be sacrifices.

The sacrifices here will not be sacrificed. The villain in the bottle just borrows the repelling power of their door of truth to open the door of truth on the earth.

There are five human pillars in total, namely Hohenheim, Edward, Al, the master of the two protagonists, Izmi Caddis, and Colonel Roy Mustang in the original book.

The last Colonel Mustang was controlled by the [Angry] President and [Arrogant] Pride, and was forced to open his own [Door of Truth].

In exchange for the knowledge of human body refining, the colonel was deprived of his eyesight.

But now, the plot must have gone astray.

Wang Shui spent a lot of money in advance to hire a few young and troubled guys from among his researchers, and brought them into the sight of the "Little Man in the Bottle".

In fact, there are many veteran researchers who want to observe "God" being pulled into reality with their own eyes.

They didn't care about their own lives at all, but Wang Shui didn't want to trouble these old men, so he just arranged for them to sit closer to the front to watch the ceremony.

While the people who surrendered themselves to the trap are still wandering underground, the real master of the two protagonists, the ordinary housewife Izmi, is leading the northern army to break into the presidential palace.

Yes, time passed little by little, and the planned general attack began.

Delivering heavy firepower troops to the core area of ​​the Presidential Palace is also an important part of the battle against the villain in the bottle.

So before being captured as a human pillar, housewife Izmi still had a small task - to attack the solid presidential palace fortress alone.

Of course, even if she does have this strength, the combat mission will not be so sloppy, not to mention that she has to face the fastest android [Lazy] Sloth.

In addition to her husband (a butcher who is stronger than a bear), there are many alchemists who assist her in her attack.

Just ten minutes later, Edward and the others, who were circling underground, had just encountered the androids Lust and Gluttony, and the battle on the ground was already over.

The troops rested on the spot above the presidential palace, replenished ammunition, and had lunch by the way. Everyone was waiting for the next order.

"Major Miles! The peripheral troops have observed the President's whereabouts. Do you want to intercept him?"

Miles, a major of the Northern Army with Ishval blood, shook his head and said calmly:

"Don't make unnecessary sacrifices. Let him in. Specially warn the sticky mine and tracking mine troops not to take action rashly. Mr. Via said that he should personally inspect the operation."

"Um, what homework?"

Regarding the signal soldier's question, Major Miles gave him a surprise:
"Why are you asking so many questions! If you have time, contact the war headquarters at all levels to see if they are ready. It will be our turn soon!" After the successful attack here, the original Central Army was quickly controlled. Starting from the morning The "fake counterinsurgency and real mutiny" suddenly fell silent.

When the president came to the main entrance of the presidential palace, he was even more confused.

If it weren't for the smoke and fires all around, he would have thought today was just an ordinary and quiet day.

He rushed in quickly from the main entrance without encountering any obstruction.

The President was even able to discern the movements of the Northern Army soldiers from some clues. There was no doubt that the other party was avoiding him - his identity as the most powerful man-made being was exposed.

But now the president is not interested in these ordinary people. He is more concerned about his father's plan.

So he went directly to the depths of the Presidential Palace, and a tragic battle in the original work did not break out.

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The protagonists were waiting to be caught separately underground. Edward, Mustang and Lieutenant Hawkeye were walking together, and they happened to encounter gluttony and lust.

In the original work, Colonel Mustang was so angry that he burned Lust to death in a very handsome manner because of the death of his friend Hughes. That was a very amazing part of this work.

Originally, the plot of Lust being burned to death would have been earlier. The person Mustang met here should be [Jealous] Envi, and the person who killed Hughes was also Envi.

But now there is no doubt that the plot has undergone huge changes, and the android [Gluttony] who is very restrained by Mustang also appears here.

Gluttony Gratoni can swallow fire. Logically speaking, in the original work, if [Pride] hadn't deceived his teammates and directly eaten [Gluttony], Gratoni would have been an insurmountable level for the protagonists.

now...

"Lieutenant, Edward, please keep an eye on me. I have to hand in the paper too."

Colonel Mustang threw a sticky metal ball against the wall, tightened his gloves, and then put a metal ring on the outside of his left glove.

The sticky metal ball on the wall lit up with a faint green light, and far outside the Presidential Palace, in front of Wang Shui who was drinking tea after dinner, a new screen lit up.

The live broadcast of the exam has begun.

The android Rust rushed forward, but Lieutenant Hawkeye hit his vitals with two shots and was forced back instantly.

Lisa Hawkeye is just an ordinary person. Her most special ability is her excellent marksmanship as a soldier, but her guns and bullets are not ordinary.

Those were the pistol specially made for her by Aqua Regia, and the alchemy bullet specially made by Mustang for her.

The solid warhead hit Lust's body and immediately exploded. The directional metal jet and shock wave instantly tore Rust's upper body into pieces.

In fact, as long as the lieutenant is given enough time, ammunition, and corresponding protection, she can kill these artificial humans.

"Hey, hey, don't steal my limelight!" Mustang, who was getting ready, complained.

Seeing that Rast was injured and mentally retarded, Gluttony Gratoni, who was particularly dependent on Rast, suddenly went berserk!

His ribs protruded into writhing fangs, and a huge gash ran from his chin to his belly, opening outwards to form a large, vertical mouth.

There is also a black and white one eye in the middle of the big mouth, the eye of truth!
This is the failed product of the villain in the bottle's attempt to refine the Door of Truth, and was placed in the belly of Gluttony.

But failure also has unexpected power.

After Gluttony deployed the "Pseudo Gate of Truth", his ability to devour everything became a long-range effect. Now he can spray out a storm and cut everything, and everything enveloped by the storm will be swallowed by him!
However, Mustang and the others had already obtained this information.

Snapped--

The clear snap of fingers resounded through the underground passage, followed by two explosions.

Flames suddenly erupted under the feet of the androids Gluttony and Lust, whose bodies had not yet recovered. The explosion blew them both up, leaving them unable to move.

At this moment, Colonel Mustang's ring lit up with blue light, and the walls and ground of the underground passage seemed to come alive, with bricks and stones surging around the two artificial humans.

Lieutenant Hawkeye also fired twice. The bullets penetrated along the cracks before the masonry was closed. With great accuracy, the heads of the two androids were blown off again, leaving them no chance to escape.

Mustang let out a deep breath, his brain was working rapidly, and the ring on his hand emitted an increasingly stronger blue light, until at a certain moment, the metal ring silently shattered.

OK...

Snapped--

There was another perfect snap of fingers, and a line of fire quickly penetrated the furnace made of bricks.

Orange-red flames instantly burst out from several fire outlets, and the small holes showed the swirling flame storm inside, and the entire underground passage immediately became scorching.

Edward built a simple fan, drew water from underground pipes, excited it into water vapor, and blew away the heat by blowing the water vapor outward.

At this time, Colonel Mustang's eyes were fixed on the stove, and the painful roars of the two androids came from inside.

His eyes opened wider and wider, blue lightning surged into his left eye, and a formation formed slowly appeared on his iris!

"Mr. Via! This is the result of my research, I call it - [Purifying Fire]!"

Blue lightning burst out from Mustang's left eye and penetrated into the furnace. The orange-red flame immediately changed and turned into bright blue!

The masonry furnace quickly disintegrated, and the swirling blue flames melted the top of the underground passage!
The masonry was first turned into magma, and then burned into fly ash. Even the ashes were drawn into the fire again, and in the end nothing was left.

The two androids lost their voices within a few seconds, oh no, a few seconds later, not even the scum was left of them, and the Philosopher's Stone disappeared directly in the bright blue fire.

The swirling flames erupted into fire tornadoes, but quickly dissipated.

A little light was cast above the burned hole in the underground passage, which was the recognition of Colonel Mustang from the sun hanging slanting in the sky.

Bang bang bang - there was applause in the underground passage, and the sound of aqua regia came from the sticky metal ball on the wall.

"That's right. I give you [-] perfect marks for your creativity."

Although the preparation time was too long, the destructive power and controllability far exceeded that of ordinary flames. Colonel Mustang made his own innovation based on the research on aqua regia.

Colonel Mustang smiled contentedly and fell backward into Lieutenant Hawkeye's arms.

"Okay, Edward, keep going. Lieutenant, you take Mustang up there. After the incident is over, he will rush to the radio station as soon as possible. I have prepared the car."

"understand!"

Lisa Hawkeye replied angrily, and then immediately left with the colonel.

Their mission is to kill the androids, which was arranged in advance.

Edward crossed the spectacular traces left by the [Purifying Fire] and rushed inside.

On the other side, Brother Hohenheim has crashed into the room of the Man in the Bottle and was arrested after a token resistance.

At this time, something changed outside, and a large number of rubber-like black shadows enveloped the underground of the Presidential Palace.

The time has come for the solar eclipse to begin.

The President "Kim Bradley" was guarding outside the shadows with a straight-edged saber. At this time, he was in a much better state than in the original work. He did not encounter endless suicidal interceptions, and he also obtained a A very excellent weapon.

"You actually still keep it. It seems that you are very satisfied with my gift."

The president looked around and saw a familiar person:
[Mirror Alchemist], Sylvia, is a wealthy businessman who rivals several countries, and beside him, there is a woman as quiet as the bright moon.

This combination of a man and a woman made the president's eyes gradually widen.

About 15 meters away, Wang Shui stopped.

He reached out and grabbed it, blue lightning shattered the nearby buildings, and a lot of messy things gathered in his hand, forming a two-handed sword.

"Long time no see, Your Majesty the President, I came here specially today to test your swordsmanship again to see if you have deteriorated?"

Under the gaze of Sylvia next to him, someone suddenly started sweating...

(End of this chapter)