Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST)

EPISODE 52 COMBINED STRENGTH

- A Philosopher's Stone. - Where did he get one of those?

Dust in our eyes again?

I won't fall for that again.

A flash bomb.

It was a decoy!

That's a Philosopher's Stone for you.

From one trick to the next...

Indeed, the power of a Philosopher's Stone is something to behold.

I've used one myself, so I would know.

Which is why I'm puzzled.

Why do you not use that power to get your own body back?

With the stone, it would be an easy matter for you to flee from us.

And once you've gotten away, you could use the stone,

and the two of you could return to your original bodies.

Then your journey would end, wouldn't it?

If I did that, I couldn't save everyone.

So it's to fulfill your earnest wish, then.

In order to obtain something, you have to discard something else.

Tell me.

Why are there only two choices?

It's not right that I can only choose

between "return to our original bodies" and "save everyone."

Why isn't "return to our original bodies and save everyone" among our choices?

What about the Law of Equivalent Exchange?

I think that seeking possibilities without being bound by laws

is necessary for mankind to advance.

I see. So you're saying that if it comes to pass,

it will be acknowledged as a new law by the world.

Is that right?

In that case, there is one other possibility.

"You don't get back your bodies

and you don't save everyone" must be one of the choices.

I'm not through yet!

Good. Under his skin, he's vulnerable.

I'm dying. What a bother.

Dying is a bother.

What a bother.

- Fighting all-out is an ultra-bother. - What?

General Armstrong, throw down your weapon and--

What is that huge thing?

What was that?

I missed.

What speed.

- Sloth the Indolent. - Sister.

He grazed me slightly.

- Did you see him just now? - Only the blur.

For him to move with that speed as heavy as he is...

No way, that's below the belt.

Yes, I am the fastest Homunculus.

Alex!

He's too fast to be able to control himself.

Oh, no--

Finally hit you.

Mm, I love that sound.

Is there anything that strikes a more beautiful note

than the sound of two strong wills colliding with each other?

- Alphonse Elric is still close by. - Indeed, he is.

It will take more than that to kill him.

There!

Dust in our eyes again? How artless. It won't work.

I told you, I can tell where you are by your smell.

Checkmate.

I'm not so sure.

This is the part where we humans show off how tenacious we are.

Even with a Philosopher's Stone,

there's no way you can win all on your own.

I'm not alone!

Where is the stone?

It can't be.

The purpose of this smokescreen

was to let him know the direction of the wind?

He's set something up downwind where my sense of smell won't work.

An attack from behind?

Impossible. How can he be mobile with those injuries?

Doctor Marcoh!

It was an ice cream truck, right?

Yeah, don't let it get past you.

Alchemy really is handy, isn't it?

Changing the outer appearance of the vehicle is no trouble at all.

We can't get in here, either.

North, south, east, and west, the command center's gates are all closed.

What do we do? Force our way in?

No, leave the overt, heavy-handed stuff to the Briggs fellows.

- We'll take a more covert route. - Yes, sir.

We'll split up here.

You guys accompany the missus

- and head for you-know-where. - Roger that.

It's a good thing I'm so beefy.

That's the Philosopher's Stone for you, I guess you could say.

The legs! Go for the legs!

What?

- Alex? - Oh, it's just dislocated. You, sister?

Just some fractures.

Sister!

Kill you quick and then sleep.