Continuing from the previous episode, when Wrath (King Bradley) hits Lan Fan with his swords, it knocks her to the roof of a lower building, although she is able to use her kunai knife to partially deflect the blow and reduce the damage. her body, which Wrath notices when the tip of one of his swords breaks. However, Lan Fan is unconscious with an injured left arm and bleeding. Before Gluttony can eat her, Ling cuts off part of his head and hand with his sword and rushes to Lan Fan to carry her on his shoulder. Wrath attacks to stop him from escaping and notices Ling’s swordsmanship skills as she deflects his blows with her own sword and dodges a few as well. He realizes that Ling’s shots are going into his blind spot, with Gluttony regenerated, so Wrath orders him to attack, which he does, knocking Ling into the building, which Wrath is happy about since no one will bother him. Wrath orders Ling to tell him where he came from and how he was able to sense what was inside Gluttony, pointing out that the only way to escape them now is to leave the useless girl. Ling noticed the number of stars on Wrath’s military uniform and recognized that he was Führer King Bradley, the highest ranking person in Amestris. As Lan Fan explains his philosophy that there is no true king without their people, to which Wrath counters that there is no true king, Lan Fan uses this moment to detonate a flash grenade and Ling tries to escape by following the air flow to the door at this moment . moment, only for Wrath to throw his sword to stop him. He then reveals that his eye still works when he reveals his Ultimate Eye.
Meanwhile, after dreaming about her parents, Winry Rockbell visits Maes Hughes’ grave with Gracia and Elicia, with Gracia encouraging her to visit more often. On the way back, Winry overhears Ed and Al fighting Scar in the marketplace, and noticing that their departure from the hotel was similar to the last time she saw her parents, Winry becomes concerned. As the Elrics continue to fight Scar with their alchemy, including Ed nearly being killed when the pipe he was climbing was destroyed by Scar if Al hadn’t intervened, Al notices that Ed is getting tired. Hoping to buy time for Ling’s signal, Al asks Scar why he is killing the state alchemists. As Scar says how alchemists are a sin against god, Al states that he is using his god’s name to justify his killing, like what Shou did to Tucker and Nina. Surprised to know that the Chimera, Scar claims that it was a byproduct of the same kind of alchemy they use, and he only killed Nina because there was no other way to turn her back to normal, as she would only become a lab experiment. As Ed and Al bitterly reflect that they did nothing to help Nina when this happened, Winry arrives at their place.
Ed mentions that despite the mistakes the alchemists make, he cannot condone what Scar is doing. When Al notices Winry and orders Ed to stop talking, Ed unwittingly brings up the subject of the Ishvalan Civil War and her parents helping the Ishvalans despite a genocide order against them, as well as their first aid saving him life, killed them. Ed then quickly realizes that Winry heard them. Winry breaks down with grief, knowing now that her parents were murdered by the man they helped, and that they didn’t do anything to deserve it either. Ed spots Winry going for the MP’s gun after the nearby MPs were knocked out earlier during their fight and orders her to stop. But Winry picks it up and directs it bitterly at Scar. Scar realizes who he is and claims that he has the right to shoot him because he remembers the day he visited his brother during the war. In the past, during that day, he noticed the tattoos on his brother’s arms. Scar’s brother explained that he studied the mystery of alchemy and that using the information he learned from the alkahestra, he was able to create tattoos on both arms for both decomposition and reconstruction. While Scar was determined to have them all flee, several Ishvalans remained unconvinced, warning Scar that his brother’s research would save Ishval by defeating the state alchemists. All Scar sees is that this research will be used for revenge and defeat, and that he will fight the soldiers before being reunited with his family. Scar’s brother gives him his research notes in case something happens to him, knowing that Scar has a better chance of survival due to his training as a warrior monk. This was when the alchemist Solf J. Kimblee attacked and killed almost everyone, leaving Scar as the only survivor because his brother gave him his right arm using alchemy to replace his original severed arm so he could live.
Scar woke up later in a hospital run by the Rockbells. Although he recognized them as Amestrians and that he was left with only his brother’s research notes and his right hand, in a fit of rage Scar killed Rockbelly in front of the other recovering Ishvalans who were in shock and then went outside to see how ravaged Ishval had become from the war. Back in the present, Scar asks Winry to shoot him before he considers her an enemy as the Elrics plead with her to stop. Scar also dares them to kill him or the chain of hatred will repeat itself because the Amestrians started the war. As Scar continues his attack, asking a hesitant Winry if he’s going to shoot, Ed moves in to protect her, and Scar stops when he realizes that Ed’s protective stance is the same one his brother used to protect him from Kimblee’s attack . Al uses this lapse in concentration to attack, forcing Scar to dodge his attacks. Al orders Ed to take Winry somewhere safe before going after Scar. Ed is confronted by a depressed Winry and manages to convince her that it was a good thing she didn’t shoot Scar, as she was able to help Satelle LeCoulte give birth in Rush Valley and helped provide him with his automatic mail. and leg. Once she drops the gun, Ed declares that Winry’s hands are not meant to take life, but rather to give it. Ed then holds Winry as she begins to cry.