

Running, as he realizes this corruption rises as far as the Führer, Hughes becomes suspicious of Ross as he tries to contact Mustang on the phone.

Ross - Envy in disguise - arrives to bail Hughes out. Despite taking an arm injury, he uses a push knife thrown at her face, just as 2nd Lt. Knowing Marcoh isn't in the hotel room, Hughes is attacked from behind by Lust. Hughes reveals to Douglas about the mystery of how despite her name being the same as the soldier that killed the Ishvalan child that started the war, though the real Douglas died two years ago, the same name was never withdrawn from the military personal records. Realizing what is important, Hughes goes to meet her but not before firing Sheska as he is leaving. As Hughes jumbles with what he learned from Ed about what the Homunculi told him, Hughes recalls something important about the Ishval War after Douglas called to inform him Marcoh had arrived in Central. Hawkeye to book them a train to Central so he can find out what's going on there.Īfter talking it out with Gracia, Maes returns to the office and has Sheska help him with analyzing the Ishval War, along with the Reole, Xenotime, and Lab 5 incidents. Back at Eastern Command, Mustang is talking to Hughes over the phone, who demands to know why the Elrics were hospitalized, but Hughes dodges the question by stating Mustang's transfer to Central Command is going to happen. Scar leaves his tent and kills a few bikers before the others retreat and his master recognizes the Tattoo arm as once belonging to Scar's brother. As a biker gang attacks the camp, Scar's Master reveals he has heard what happened to him and warns him about revenge. Scar recalls his encounter with a State Alchemist when Rick reveals he has a visitor who is his master that survived the war, despite Scar's earlier beliefs. Instead, Ed decides that after Rush Valley, they'll head to the Ishvalan camp to the south where Scar's group is headed, believing that Scar is hiding something from them, and he still wishes to catch Scar due to his murderous rampage. Winry soon learns that Elrics are not heading to Dublith, knowing what their teacher would do to them for finding out that Ed became a State Alchemist and for performing Human Transmutation.

After Major Armstrong agrees with Hughes that the Elrics are doing this to protect them as well, the Elrics and Winry, on their train, wave goodbye to their friends. Winry wishes to travel along since the town filled with automail mechanics Rush Valley is on the way. Ed decides to seek an alternative method by asking their teacher who lives south of Central in Dublith. While explaining the current findings to the Elrics at the hospital, Ed reveals that he had given up on the Philosopher's Stone. Marcoh to be brought to Central for further questioning which the Führer has Juliet Douglas do, as only she knows his whereabouts. Making it clear that the conspiracy is greater than expected due to the disappearance of the Lab 5 staff, and the recent mercenary attack on the Ishvalan refugees, Hughes gets Bradley's permission to continue the investigation. Hughes is then woken up by Sheska to inform him that Führer King Bradley has arrived regarding the Laboratory 5 incident. Colonel Hughes recalls when he met Colonel Mustang, who was bitter and was willing to go as far as Human Transmutation for what he did during the Ishval Civil War. Lieutenant Colonel Hughes discovers a plague of military corruption and conspiracy that could topple the entire government - and put his life in considerable danger.
