"Wait... can you say it again? The rats are running on the streets? Are they real or fake? What is going on!" Hui Jin looked at Hughes who came to tell him the bad news with a shocked face, and said in disbelief.

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Hughes nodded with an ugly face and said, "It's not like running into the streets, but almost all places connected to the underground have been attacked by those rats, not just the sewage treatment department... even those research institutes, confidential

Places, even the Presidential Palace...are being attacked by rats!”

Hui Jin pinched his chin and said slowly with an interesting look on his face, "This is quite interesting. It seems that not only the research institute, but also the president has some problems, don't you think so..."

Hughes couldn't help but froze when he heard Hui Jin's words. After thinking about it carefully, he said, "You mean...the President is with them? That's why the Presidential Palace is connected to the underground and was invaded by rats?"

Hui Jin nodded helplessly and said, "That's pretty much what it means. Although I don't want to say it, these rats did help us a lot and helped us investigate possible problem locations. Don't you think so?"

Hughes also nodded calmly and said, "You are right... all places attacked by rats may have problems, and may be places where secrets are hidden in this country."

Ashes laughed and said, "That's true. This is a blessing in disguise, but what is the current situation? Did the rat hurt anyone?"

Hughes sighed and said, "Except for a few rats rushing out of the sewage treatment system department, there are no rats rushing out on the streets. In other words... maybe the sewage treatment system department is the only one who is lying low..."

"That problem is really serious... What should we do next?" Hui Jing looked at Hughes with a melancholy face, smiled, and asked helplessly.

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"That problem is really serious. What should we do next?" Mustang asked seriously as he looked at the researchers at the institute who were responsible for receiving him and others.

"Colonel Mustang... Now the underground of the research room has been completely occupied by those damn rats... Your task now is to get rid of them all, and make sure no bones are left!" The researcher in a white coat wiped his forehead.

Sweat on my face, I said anxiously.

"Understood, let's take action now. Can you please show us the way?" Mustang narrowed his eyes, pulled the white gloves on his hands that were made into formations, and said seriously.

"Of course, of course! Come this way, these rats have completely destroyed our research site, and several researchers have been killed... We must not let them come up!" The researcher nodded hurriedly, turned around and led the way.

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Arriving outside the door of the dark underground research site, Mustang couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Why don't you turn on the lights? Could it be possible that a group of rats could fly into the sky and chew up the light bulbs?"

The researcher who led the way said helplessly, "Although it's not true, maybe these rats can really do it... They chewed through the cables that send electricity down here..."

Mustang nodded, stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers and said, "Forget it if there is no light, I will light up this place myself!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mustang's outstretched hand emitted a burst of lightning, and the sudden flames illuminated the surrounding environment...

In addition to Lisa, who had seen a more powerful figure, the rest of Mustang's team members, including Mustang himself, were all shocked...

The dark basement is crawling with huge rats, and these rats are obsessed with eating the people who died here... Judging from the clothes, they are the researchers who were killed as mentioned by the researcher just now...

Mustang looked at the blocked iron gate and couldn't help but whisper, "I think these rats may not be rushing out because they haven't finished eating the food... This iron gate may not be able to stop them..."

Turning around and looking at the nervous researchers, Mustang said seriously, "You should leave here first. We may not be able to protect you for a while. This number is really too troublesome! This is just one room..."

The researcher nodded hurriedly, without saying much, left a key and ran away, as if this place was the mouth of some monster...

Watching the researchers leave, Mustang turned to look at Lisa and asked, "Is this what you and Ashes saw in the sewer?"

Lisa looked through the iron gate into the deep underground research room and said seriously, "Hey...it's true they are these rats, but...these rats don't seem to be interested in us."

"What do you mean you are not interested? They have killed several people and are now gnawing down there..." Mustang frowned and looked at Lisa in confusion and asked.

Lisa sighed and said, "When Mr. Ashes and I were in the sewer that day, the rats saw Mr. Ashes as if they were seeing some unparalleled delicacy. They would rather kill each other than get close to Mr. Ashes..."

Mustang waved his hand helplessly and said, "That's definitely something wrong with Ashes. It may have nothing to do with us or the mice..."

Taking out the key and inserting it into the lock on the door, Mustang looked at the people behind him and said, "Get ready, we are going in! Don't die!"

Seeing everyone raising their guns and getting ready, Mustang suddenly turned the key and opened the door that sealed the basement.

Then everyone filed in, and the sound of gunshots and explosions kept coming from the underground research room... The researchers hiding in the distance huddled in the corner and shivered...

The sudden arrival of this group of rats caught them off guard... I heard that several other research institutes were also attacked... But why? What happened to this group of rats... The above statement is that the synthetic beasts riot... but participating

It was their research institute where synthetic beasts were tested...

As time passed, the sound of explosions and gunshots became farther and farther away, and it seemed that the colonel's team was advancing downwards...

After a long battle, the group of rats that rushed into the research institute were completely burned by Mustang, who was good at using flames. If the bullets brought by his team members had not been used up, Mustang felt that he would counterattack the sewer and rushed into the rats.

Lair, kill them all...

Guarding the door that had been opened by the rats and leading to nowhere, Mustang's men began to set up defenses.

A steel plate several centimeters thick was embedded in the damaged wall, blocking the way for the rats to attack...

Mustang has finally finished his work here... With his subordinates, Mustang returned to the research institute and let out a long breath...

These rats were like madmen, they had no idea what fear was... Even if there were countless corpses of their own compatriots in front of them, even if they were facing high-temperature flames that would kill them if touched... the rats still rushed towards me and the others regardless, as if they were waiting for them.

A person is just like a piece of meat in his mouth...

Mustang looked at Lisa and said helplessly, "Lieutenant, did you really see only a few hundred of them that day? I killed hundreds of them in this research institute alone... not to mention other places.

We were attacked...If you calculate it this way, there must be thousands of rats this big..."

Lisa didn't know what to say to Mustang. She could only tell the truth, "Yes, Colonel, the total number of large rats that Mr. Ashes and I saw in the sewers was less than 500... neither did I."

I don’t know how the number of these rats increased so much in a few days..." The work matters have come to an end for the time being... and then they will have their own affairs...

Returning to Mustang's own office, several subordinates resigned, leaving only Colonel Mustang and Lieutenant Lisa.

Looking at the silent Mustang, Lisa couldn't help but asked curiously, "Colonel, is there anything wrong?"

Mustang looked at the curious Lisa. Mustang frowned and said, "I'm thinking about how this can help us..."

Lieutenant Lisa was stunned, looked at Mustang in confusion and said, "How can this matter help us?"

A glint flashed in Mustang's eyes, he looked at Lieutenant Lisa seriously and said, "This is the interesting part... Almost all research institutes have been attacked by rats... and the presidential palace and headquarters were also attacked.

…Do you understand what this means?”

Lisa looked at the Presidential Palace in the distance outside the window and said seriously, "It means that we can attack the Presidential Palace and the headquarters through the sewers in the future... That's what it means!"

Mustang hurriedly covered Lisa's mouth and whispered in fear, "Hey, lower your voice, as long as you know... don't say it! We are just on the wire rope now, so be careful...

Don’t talk nonsense!”

Lieutenant Lisa opened Mustang's hand covering her mouth and said helplessly, "Colonel, you are too close. I will sue you for sexual harassment!"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and the two hurriedly separated. Mustang coughed awkwardly and said, "Come in!"

Brother Elric and Major Armstrong pushed the door open and entered. Looking at the awkward atmosphere in the office, Edward, a naughty boy who didn't understand the style, asked curiously, "What's wrong? Both of them look so strange..."

Mustang straightened his face and said seriously, "It's nothing...it's your side, how about it? Did everything go well?"

Edward scratched his head and said helplessly, "How should I put it...it's strange...it took Alphonse and me a long time to deal with so many rats..."

Armstrong also touched his chin with a look of confusion on his face, "What kind of mice are they that can grow so big and be so ferocious? If it weren't for the superb fighting skills inherited from my ancestors, I might not be able to get the whole body out of the mouths of those mice."

And retreat..."

Mustang also sighed in distress and said, "These rats are like lunatics. They want to eat living people when they see them... They want to take a bite when they see flesh and blood... It's really troublesome, but..."
Chapter completed!