Edward's question stunned Mustang, Lisa and Armstrong who were present. Mustang frowned and asked, "What do you mean? What do you mean we were all attacked by rats... Could it be that you were not attacked?"

?"

Edward scratched his head and said in confusion, "Yeah, after we got there, there were only rats all over the place, but they surprisingly ignored us. Alphonse and I just made the weapons. Apart from Half a Day's

The rats that broke into the institute got rid of all the rats..."

Mustang covered his forehead, feeling that things were getting weirder and weirder. "Wait a minute, are the rats you shot very huge rats, or are they just ordinary rats?"

Edward shrugged and said, "Of course it's a very huge rat... I wonder if all these rats have been domesticated..."

Hearing Edward's words, Mustang turned his head and looked at Lisa beside him and asked, "What do you think? You have been to the sewers with Ashes, so you should have some unique insights..."

Edward and Alphonse heard that Lisa had seen Ashes recently and hurriedly asked, "Hey? Is it true? Lieutenant, have you seen him? Then have you... met... that person?"

Lisa shook her head gently and said, "No... I only saw him, and about the fact that the Elric brothers were not attacked... I don't have any ideas. Maybe Mr. Ashes will... But he is completely looking for it now."

Not many people…”

After thinking about it, Lisa suddenly said, "But there is something worth noting. Mr. Ashes and I saw a huge deformed monster in the sewer. Colonel, do you still remember this?"

Mustang nodded and said softly, "I remember, you said that it is as big as an elephant, shaped like a mouse, ferocious and terrifying, and can spit thunder and lightning from its mouth...Isn't that right!"

Brother Elric and Major Armstrong on the side were astonished when they heard this. If anyone else said such a thing, they would definitely be regarded as crazy... But this statement came from the mouth of Colonel Mustang, who was always very serious. Source

Or the more serious Lieutenant Lisa...

Lisa nodded and said, "Then do you remember, I said that behind this monster, we found a huge, intact corpse..."

Mustang thought for a while and said, "Are you talking about the human corpse you mentioned that has pale skin but is not corrupt at all, and has a huge belly full of human bones?"

Lisa looked at Edward and said softly, "Yes, that's the one. I think that corpse might be the answer to why the rats didn't attack the Elric brothers..."

Edward frowned and asked in confusion, "What does this mean...Why can a corpse explain it? We are not corpses..."

Lisa sighed and said, "Those rats, from what I saw, not only eat people and scavenge... they even eat their own kind. Do you think it is normal for them to have no interest in you at all? And that

This huge corpse is obviously good food for them, but it is unscathed... and even protected..."

Mustang nodded and said happily, "Well done, Lieutenant... This is a very difficult breakthrough! So where should we find the body?"

Lisa sighed helplessly and said, "That's the problem... The body is in the deepest part of the sewer. Although the ashes killed the huge beast guarding it, there is no guarantee that there will be a second one, plus...

Are you sure you want to go to a dangerous place like the sewer now?"

The smile on Mustang's face disappeared and he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What should I do? The only breakthrough is gone. It's really disappointing..."

Lisa also said helplessly, "The question has come back. Only Mr. Ashes may know the answer to this question, and even the mastermind behind this country may not know it. Otherwise, we would not have mobilized us so hastily to get rid of the rats..."

Mustang nodded, and after thinking deeply for a moment, he said seriously, "I know, I'll try to contact Ashes... Although I don't know if it will work, but this is the only way we have now... I just hope he can accept it."

Contact me..."

…

And at this moment...our Mr. Ashes is once again deep in the sewers, taking Mr. Hughes with him to see where in the sewers can lead to various research institutes...

This is also the result they came to after discussing for a long time... They can't go directly to the streets now. Although one of them is a cross-dressing guy who won't be recognized, his combat ability is really lacking...

Although the other one can be unparalleled in the rat group, he can't go out on the streets at all... After all, the status of a wanted criminal is really bad...

This time, Ashes was completely shocked... What the hell is going on? There weren't so many before... And now his soul sensing radar has completely lost its function... It's as if there is a thick fog around him, making Ashes unable to see anything.

Can’t see…

Looking at the huge swarm of rats crawling all over the ground and flying towards him... Ashes could only helplessly start Wushuang... Hughes, who was dressed as a woman on the side, waved a flag for himself, while looking at the map, looking for the direction, and seeing how to research various areas ahead.

and some other places attacked by rats…

…

"Hoo ho ho... Hughes, have you found it yet... These rats are going crazy!" Ashes kept raising and lowering the knife, protecting Hughes behind him without even daring to blink...

Hughes touched the wall next to him, holding the ashes in his hand for the torch that would not go out for some reason...looking at the surrounding environment.

Soon, Hughes found a not very obvious trace on a wall... He smiled and said to the ashes behind him, "I found it, do you want to come over and take a look?"

Hui Jin rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, let me see. You come to kill the mice. What do you think?"

Hughes was stunned for a moment, laughed, shrugged and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You'll be fine in a while. I'll record this place and then we can leave!"

"Let's go? Where? Can we go out?" Ashes asked happily after hearing what Hughes said.

"No, we're going to the next place!" Hughes said with a smile to Ashes, whose hand was almost broken...

Hui Jing muttered and said helplessly, "Let me tell you...it's expensive to hire me to be a bodyguard. Can you afford it?"

"You're living in my house, taking my bed, and not paying the rent. How dare you say that? Okay, it's time to go!" Hughes finished recording, put away the map he had spread out, and stood up.

Hui Jin felt that she had indeed boarded a pirate ship. Why did she insist on agreeing to accompany her down to explore the road conditions... Wasn't this asking for trouble?

Looking at the long sword stained with rat blood in his hand, Hui Jing felt very tired... This is not deep underground, where you can fire unscrupulously. This is a shallow sewer, and it is near the enemy's base. Large-scale destruction is not allowed.

The power of…

So Ashes can only cut with one sword and kill one by one. There is no other way. This is Hughes's request...

Soon Ash and Mr. Hughes ran through the entire shallow sewer. Hughes marked all the possible buildings on the sewer topographic map. He looked at the map in his hand with a smile, turned around and said to Ash, "Almost

That’s it… we can leave now!”

"Yes...really, that's great, let's go." The weak Ashes waved the long sword mechanically with his arms, but kept raising and lowering the sword with his hands. It was indeed a bit boring and without any passion.

…And I really don’t know…how these rats found me. It seems like rats are constantly coming towards me. I can’t mow the grass on a large scale. I can only cut the grass flat like this, and I really can’t kill many of them…

Finally, the two of them left the sewer at the exit of a sewer, and they hesitated because it was relatively remote and there were no people nearby. After holding in the ashes for a long time, they laughed wildly and let it go, burning all the rats that tried to get close to them... just like a perverted pyromaniac...

…

"What's wrong with you, little girl? Brother, please come and take a look... This little girl suddenly feels strange..." In a dilapidated building, a man in shabby clothes with a stern eyebrow looked at a little girl squatting on the ground shivering with concern.

asked.

With tears in her eyes, the little girl looked in one direction in fear, sobbing and saying, "Over there... there is a scary person over there..."

A strong man standing aside frowned, listening to bursts of explosions not far away, and said with a frown, "Let's go over and take a look!"

The little girl next to him suddenly ran over and grabbed the man's trouser leg, and said cautiously, "Don't go... you will die! You will really die..."

The man looked at the little girl who was holding him, and said in a low voice, "It doesn't matter..."

After saying that, he left the dilapidated house alone and walked towards the sewer entrance not far away...

After the man left for a while, the little girl suddenly stopped shaking and sat on the ground panting. She said intermittently, "The breath of terror...disappeared? Let's go there too!"

After saying this, he stood up from the ground and walked in a direction not far away... followed closely by a nervous and thin man...

Looking at the devastated sewer entrance, the rat corpses everywhere and the earth that had been melted into magma by the high temperature, Hughes twitched the corners of his mouth and said helplessly, "Are you going a little too far..."

Hui Jin took a long breath... and said helplessly, "I've been holding it in for so long, and it finally made me feel better... It's really a bit too much, and I even got a little serious about it... I really shouldn't have."

After saying this, Hui Jing suddenly turned around and looked behind him, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and said slowly, "Oh, an acquaintance actually came to the door... It's really interesting."

Hughes was stunned, and quickly turned his head to look behind him, and saw a sturdy brown-skinned man slowly walking out of the corner.
Chapter completed!