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Synopsis

Ed returns from beyond the Gate, leaping into battle against Envy. In the Fuhrer's mansion, the very future of the state depends on the outcome of a vicious clash between Pride and Mustang.


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As he and his father run from the Zeppelins in the parallel world, Ed hears a voice in his head and realizes he is in someone else's body. Hohenheim reveals this world is on the other side of the gate and is different from theirs as it has advanced in science instead of alchemy.

At Drachma, Officer Falman reports the message on the airwaves about the attack at Central Command which Lt. Colonel Armstrong knows is of no significance, since they can hold out against General Hakuro's troops. Sgt. Fuery returns and reveals that Hakuro's backup troops have arrived and Lt. Havoc goes to deal with the tanks using a machine gun.

At the Führer's mansion, noticing Selim is depressed, Bradley asks what it is. Selim admits he saw his father hide a secret treasure in a hidden safe, so Bradley gives Selim a key to protect it. He is then informed by his wife that there is a report of a suspicious figure on the grounds, which is Lt. Hawkeye. However, she is actually a distraction to keep the defense forces busy, so General Mustang can slip into the mansion unnoticed. At Central Command, Colonel Archer continues to kill the soldiers attacking him, while Lt. Ross and Izumi talk at a safe area, with Ross mentioning her friends' planned uprising to Izumi. When a soldier arrives bearing terrible news, Archer grabs him and learns the Führer's mansion is under attack, so Archer decides to head there to save the Führer.

At London in the parallel world, Hohenheim explains to Ed that death in this world is the source of all alchemy in their world, since the energy from the souls passing through the gate is what makes transmutation possible and each person from their world has a connection to the gate that gives them access to this power. Ed informs Hohenheim that he knows his father has lived on for centuries and learned everything else from Dante, demanding to know why he married his mother if he and Dante were so perfect together back then. Hohenheim declares that he truly did loved her and only left so he wouldn't expose his decaying skin which was the side-effect of his multiple soul transfers. At Dante's hideout, with Gluttony unable to follow Envy's orders of digesting Al to create the Philosopher's Stone within his body out of grief due to Lust's death, Dante alchemically erases his tattoo, turning him into a mindless eating machine.

Back at the parallel world, Hohenheim reveals that he remained in hiding since Dante can't create the stone by herself, and only appeared before them due to her interest in Ed and Al. Hohenheim adds on that while Ed passed through the gate, Ed's body is still there and only his soul and mind passed through to this body, which is his counterpart in this world. As he is called away on General Churchill's orders, Hohenheim tells Ed to find his inner gate and return to their world, since only he can pass through and that Hohenheim intends to remain and die in this world. As his car leaves, Hohenheim watches as a Zeppelin balloon crashes where Ed is, by which he can't use alchemy to escape.

Back at the Führer's mansion, Hawkeye gives an explanation that Mustang plans to eliminate the Führer. Hearing a noise in the cellar, Bradley decides he'll deal with it while the guards protect his family and order that they be taken to Central. As soon as Bradley enters the room, Mustang has a hidden transmutation circle seal the entrance to the cellar door. Knowing they are now alone, Bradley takes off his eye patch, revealing his identity as Pride. Mustang is furious with him, not because of his secret identity, but rather the genocide he has committed against other nations to expand Amestris' territory and force desperate people to create a Philosopher's Stone before the homunculi steal it from them. Pride remarks it is to protect humans from themselves, and that while they can't know for sure that there is a god, devils do exist, and they are the alchemists who dare to get in his way. Before Pride begins the fight, he uses his Ultimate Eye to be able to see the air currents Mustang uses for his flame alchemy and stabs a hole in the wall with his swords, splitting the air flow so the flame won't ignite where Mustang wants it to. Despite taking a close stab from Pride, Mustang uses a well-timed shot to blow up the room, but only to find that Pride survived the attack.

Back at Dante's hideout, before Gluttony can digest Al, Wrath shows up, forcing Envy to restrain him so Dante can use Rosé's baby to summon the gate and dismember Ed's original arm and leg from him so that he can't use alchemy with the stone to resurrect Sloth. As Wrath cries and bleeds out in the floor in agony, the gate is still present and allows Ed to return to their world. Sadden by the loss of his parallel world counterpart in exchange for his own life, Ed ponders in grief. Envy suddenly assumes the forms of Dr. Marcoh and then Hughes, revealing that Gluttony ate the real Marcoh after Ed turned him over to the Führer, and claims that Ed is responsible for the deaths of Marcoh and Hughes. Although Envy attacks with Hughes' push knives, Ed is able to restrain him, pointing out that he can take care of any form he uses. Envy then turns into Sloth to distract Ed so that he could break free from his grasp. Watching Ed clap his hands together, Dante warns him not to use alchemy, as the Philosopher's Stone within Al's body is activated and if transmutations occur near him, there is telling what could happen.

Ed and Envy continue to fight and with Wrath's help, Ed is able to pin down Envy, knowing whichever face won't work on him. When Ed demands to see his true face, Envy obliges, causing Ed to stop, as it resembles his own father. Dante reveals that Envy was the first homunculus created when Hohenheim tried to resurrect the son that he conceived with her. Envy admits this is the reason he hates the Elric brothers due to Hohenheim abandoning him to start a new family. Envy suddenly transforms his arm into a blade and pierces Edward through the heart, killing him instantly. As Edward's corpse bleeds out on the ground from behind his back, his death causes Rosé to break out of the trance that Dante placed upon her as she began calling out Edward's name in despair.


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