The young man who had finished pretending put away the spear in his hand stood beside him with a smile and looked at the president who was still smiling. When he saw that the young man had put away his spear, the surrounding soldiers also put away their pistols.

Ashes, who was standing at the door, couldn't help but chuckle when he saw this scene, and said to Mustang next to him, "This is the other alchemist you just mentioned? I haven't seen alchemy, so I can't comment on it, but... fighting

In terms of technique and eyesight, I'm really weak..."

Hearing Ashes' comment, Mustang couldn't help but be startled. Why did you say that? This guy had already put a spear in front of the President. If he hadn't been malicious, the President might have...

"You are really courageous, but...you still need to work hard. I still don't know that there are people outside the world, and there are mountains outside the mountains, young people..."

The president, who had been nearly stabbed by a spear before, suddenly spoke in a leisurely manner, slowly sheathed the long knife in his hand, and said to the young man with a smile.

The young man was stunned. He couldn't understand the president's routine at all. Isn't this his way of showing off? Why are you still pretending? I just put a gun to my throat.

In a blink of an eye, the spear in his hand broke into two sections and fell to the ground. The cut was very smooth. This was a spear made of steel bars that he pulled out from the ground. How could it be broken like this? The most important thing is,

He didn't notice at all, nor did he feel that the spear in his hand was cut off.

"When did the knife come out...how could it be so fast..." At this moment, the young man also thought about it. When they first met, the president didn't hold the knife in his hand. So...what was the action of retracting the knife just now? He didn't see it at all.

He drew his sword.

The President did not answer his question, but continued to smile and said, "Looking forward to your future performance, young alchemist, and then...are you the one who wants to participate in the national alchemist test?"

After speaking, the president turned his gaze to Ashes, who was standing at the door with a subtle expression, and asked with a smile.

"Hey, that's it. I just didn't expect that His Excellency the President's swordsmanship would be so superb. It's really...unexpected..." Hui Jing stood up straight, bowed slightly, and said to the President with a nervous smile.

"Oh? So you also have some knowledge of swordsmanship?" Hearing this, the President laughed and looked at Ashes and said with a smile.

Hui Jin shrugged, walked over, and said nonchalantly, "Research? A little bit, but I am here to test the national alchemist today, not to test swordsmanship. Of course, if you want to test my swordsmanship... I

It doesn’t matter…”

The president laughed heartily, then shook his head with a smile and said, "Forget it, forget it, business is still public. Alchemy is the subject of today's assessment. Let's talk about swordsmanship when we have a chance."

"Ah, let's talk about it when we have a chance. Then, can I start?" Hui Jing waved his hand indifferently and asked casually.

"Of course, you can start at any time. Do I need to prepare anything for you?" the president also said with a casual smile.

"Ah, this, no need, I'm prepared myself." Hui Jing smiled when he heard this, put his hand into his pocket, and actually took out a red glove from his backpack.

Then he put it on his hand, smiled and looked around, "Well, I'm going to start. Does Your Excellency, the President, look at that wall or anyone present that you don't like?"

"Oh, so you need a target, right? Interesting, Roy, prepare a target for him!" The president smiled, looked at the people present and the wall, shook his head with a smile, and rejected Ashes' proposal.

proposal.

After a while, Mustang walked in with two soldiers pushing a large target, pushed it in front of Ashes, and said with a smile, "I look forward to your performance."

Hui Jin tilted his head and looked at the target in front of him, and asked with a smile, "You don't have to pay for it if it's broken, right?"

The little alchemist standing nearby shouted impatiently, "You should hurry up, are you a man with such ink stains?"

"Hehe, it looks like the young man can't wait any longer. Okay, I'll get started!" After laughing twice, Hui Jin straightened his expression, and a faint red light flashed on the red gloves on his hands.

A huge fireball appeared in Ashes' hand. Then he flicked it, dragging a long tail flame and flying towards the target not far away.

The scorching fireball slid through the air, and the heat wave it brought made the surrounding air fiery, making people worry whether breathing in such air would scorch people's lungs. Under everyone's gaze, the fireball hit

achieved the goal.

Then there was a violent explosion, setting off a burst of smoke. When the smoke and dust dissipated, the target that originally looked very solid had completely disappeared, leaving only a huge scorch pit on the ground.

"How could it be possible? This is really... sighing destructive power..." Mustang, who was originally waiting to see Ashes make a fool of himself, opened his mouth wide, looking at the destruction caused by Ashes in disbelief.

Because Mustang himself is also a flame alchemist who uses flames, the power shown by Ashes just now is somewhat similar to it, but... in terms of destructive power alone, he is several blocks away...

The president's originally calm expression also changed slightly. Looking at the ashes, he couldn't help but admired, "It's really an excellent alchemy. Not to mention the technology, the destructive power alone is enough to make you a national alchemist."

"It's really an over-praise. It's not that exaggerated. I'm just good at destroying things. I'm not that good, hahaha." Hui Jin scratched his head in embarrassment when he heard the praise for himself, and laughed.

Are you kidding me, are you kidding me about the lethality of Chaos Fireball? Even if Ashes is a retarded person (just a low intelligence point), the power of Chaos Fireball is not a target that can resist it.

The President didn't say anything. The two people taking the test today are both very good alchemists. Although he didn't know that Ashes didn't know any alchemy at all, the effect was there, and it was unquestionable, so the two of them went smoothly.

Passed.

After that, there was a long wait, waiting for the president's approval to officially confirm their status as national alchemists.

Ashes brought the fireproof girl with him, while the short alchemist named Edward came alone without his brother. The three of them sat on the sofa in Mustang's office.

Mustang did not delay. He took out two wooden boxes and placed them in front of the two of them. He said to them, "This is the symbol of the national alchemist, the silver pocket watch. Then here is the appointment letter and detailed information."

explained."

After saying that, he took out two document bags and took out the appointment letters of the two people. After taking a look at them, he said to the two of them with a strange expression, "It's really... Your Excellency, the President, gave you such an ironic title."

"What title?" Edward asked curiously when he saw Mustang's strange expression.

Mustang shook his head, handed the documents to the two of them and said, "Nothing, congratulations, you have officially become the lackeys of the military!"

The two took the document. Edward looked at the document and read out involuntarily, "In the name of the President: Kim Bradley, Edward Elric is appointed as the National Alchemist and awarded the title of 'Steel'. Steel?"

"Yes, all state alchemists are given titles, and the title you bear is 'Fullmetal Alchemist'" Mustang, who looked at Edward with a smile, explained to the two of them.

Edward glanced at the silent ashes and couldn't help but ask, "What's your title? Why do you look like that, don't you like your title? My title is pretty good, I quite like it..."

Hui Jin looked at the appointment letter in his hand and couldn't help but feel a little ache. This guy is really good at naming names. Just using my own name as the title... would be too perfunctory!

He waved his hand and said helplessly to Edward, "It's nothing. I quite like my title, but...it feels a bit weird..."

Mustang on the side laughed loudly, "This guy's title is 'Ashes', which is also the 'Alchemist of Ashes'!"

"Isn't this a very handsome name? Just below me..." Edward felt that there was nothing bad about this name. Why did this guy feel strange...

Mustang laughed evilly and said jokingly, "It's a good title, but... this guy's name is Ashes. The President just used his name as his title. Do you think it sounds good? The Alchemist of Ashes."

?”

"It sounds nice...it sounds nice. What else can I say besides saying it sounds nice?" Hui Jin covered his face and laughed at himself helplessly. After all, it was his name...

When Edward heard such a funny thing, he didn't care about Ashes' feelings at all. He burst out laughing on the spot, "Hahaha, my name is Ashes, and my title is Ashes Alchemist. Hahaha, how could someone call such a stupid name!"

Ashes suddenly stood up and came to Edward. The red gloves that had not been taken off were flashing with light. Before anyone could react, he had already grabbed Edward's head with one hand and formed a hand with the other.

The claw device pressed against Edward's abdomen.

Ashes, who looked gloomy, said unhappily, "Boy, do you have any objections to my name?"

Feeling the burning heat coming from his abdomen, Edward didn't dare to act rashly. He was considered a warrior. How could one or two of them today be an eye-opener for him? Forget it for the president, it would make sense if the knife was so fast that he couldn't react.

.

But... what happened to the guy in front of him? He came over directly. He didn't react at all. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the crumbling ashes on his face. Edward broke into a cold sweat, "No... I don't have any objections.

Yeah, it’s a really nice name, don’t you think so, Colonel Mustang?”

Edward hurriedly turned his eyes for help to Mustang, who was still sitting in his seat. "Okay, you two are already the country's alchemists, so I will start to make some adjustments to you..."

Mustang ignored Edward's look for help and began to fulfill his accusation seriously.
Chapter completed!