540. Ajax and Hats' SECRET

After hours of desperate research and brainstorming. Edward and Alphonse decoded the papers. Though it was mainly Edward and Alphonse as Ajax didn't know much about Alchemy. But he was there for their moral support.

The two brothers fell down on the floor as the truth was in front of their eyes. They lost all hope of getting their bodies fixed.

Ajax looked at the notes they made and found out why they looked sad. "So the main component of a philosopher's stone is a human sacrifice? Well, this is dirty."

"This is evil. How can the government do this?" Edward muttered.

"What happened in here? Why does everything look so messy?" 2nd Lieutenant Maria asked as she entered the room with her partner.

"They cracked the research. The main ingredient of the Philosopher's stone is human sacrifice." Ajax replied. He was also a bit saddened by this. He remembers that the philosopher's stone in Phixheim didn't require any sacrifice.

After that, Ajax followed the Elric brothers to their room in the hotel. The two brothers, depressingly, sat and didn't speak. Ajax was getting uneasy as he was very hyperactive.

"Come on, just wait for a few days and when my Grandpa is here, everything will be okay. You don't need human sacrifices. Let's go out and have some fun. It will cheer you two up." Ajax suggested.

But both of them still chose to stay depressed. Ajax decided to go out and have fun on his own. "Fine, I will go myself."

He went out to see what was going on in the city. He saw Major Armstrong in the hotel's lobby. He sneakily avoided him and left the hotel with Hats.

They roamed the streets of the Central city, looking around at various tall buildings. It was beautiful. Everything looked as if it was planned. They roamed around the city for hours.

"Where should we go, Hats?" He asked.

Hats pointed his paw at a closed gate. "There."

"But it says, "Keep Out," Ajax argued.

But Hats convinced him, "Well, it roughly translates to, 'Quick, come in and see my secrets.' Ajax, a man has to take some risks sometimes. This is your time. Just do it."

"I'm probably going to regret this, but let's go in." Ajax excitedly jumped over the wall, bypassing the guards.

"Hmm, this building looks abandoned," Ajax muttered.

"No, I can feel the vibrations on the ground. There is certainly something going on here. Follow me." Hats pointed out at a shaft at the side of the building.

They were small so they easily crawled through it. There were cobwebs and some insects. It was all dark.

*BAM*

"Owwww, what was that?" Ajax cried as something collided with his head.

Ajax took out his phone and torched his front. There he saw Edward unconscious, possibly due to being struck by Ajax's mighty skull.

Hats went forward and licked Edward's face which woke him up.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Edward shouted.

"Calm down, Shhh... I am just exploring. What are you doing here?" Ajax asked.

"This is where they make the philosopher's stones," Edwards revealed.

"Oh, let's go then and see what's going on. We will catch them today." Ajax said and took a right turn.

Edward didn't argue and just followed him in. They soon dropped down in a big hall. There, a badass looking armor was waiting for them with sword out.

Hats sat on the side while the armor attacked Ajax and Edward.

"Who are you?" Edward asked.

"I am number 48." The armor replied.

"Sorry, but I didn't order a pizza." Ajax joked and jumped straight towards the armor.

Number 48 tried to slice him but in the end, Ajax just grabbed the blade of the sword and broke it.

"Ahaa..." Ajax cheered.

*BOOM*

Out of nowhere, two figures appear, one was a pretty woman and another was a manly woman/man with spiky hair. They went after Ajax while Edward was busy with Number 48.

"Haha, now comes the big players." Ajax chuckled, sensing their aura.

"You two aren't humans, are you?" he asked.

"You know too much, kid." the spiky-haired one said and appeared in front of Ajax at a very high speed and tried to strike with her knee in his stomach.

*BAM*

Ajax also clashed with his knee. The result was that the spiky-haired one felt pain. more than Ajax.

"What is wrong with this kid? He's too strong for human standards? Father never said there was another of us." She muttered at the pretty woman. The beautiful one had spear-like nails on her hand.

"Indeed, he isn't normal. But, he knows too much now and needs to die." She said.

She dashed towards Ajax and slashed her nails at him. Which Ajax easily dodged. But then the short woman was also there, ready to punch him in the face. He dodged this again and kicked back.

"Haha, power is not everything, kid. Too slow." the short woman disappeared from his vision.

"Ah, help." Suddenly Edward's voice came. Ajax looked to the side and saw Edward on the ground, in a pool of blood. Ajax quickly jumped to him and tried to hold him.

But suddenly Edward unnaturally smiled, "Hah, got you."

Edward changed into a short spiky-haired woman. Before he could react, two long spear-nails had penetrated his stomach.

"AJAX!" The real Edward shouted. He had defeated number 48 just a second ago but he was also injured.

"Oh, what do we have here, our number one sacrifice is hurt." the spiky-haired woman said and walked to Edward.

*BAM*

She punched his stomach and made him fall to the ground. Edward's mechanical arm was not working properly so he was helpless.

The beautiful woman, who still had her spear-nails stuck in Ajax's stomach, spoke, "We won't kill you today because we allow you to live. This one, though, needs to die."

"Hah, I wouldn't be so sure of that," Ajax smirked.

*CLANK*

Suddenly, a shadow blurred past her, cutting her nearly indestructible nails.

"What the hell, Hats? Why didn't you help earlier?" Ajax asked. He had some blood dripping from his wounds. Though it was a very small amount and he wasn't gravely injured. His body was naturally strong.

"Well, I had forgotten how inexperienced you were in the fighting. All you know is basic punch and kick." Hats complained.

"You two, if you think you are some kind of classy villains then you are in for a show. Your existence is not even worth being noted in my eyes." Hats spoke as he showed off his pitch-black claws.

Both women showed an expression of fear suddenly. They felt the vast killing intent and power of Hats. It was dark and chaotic, much more than even their father.

"WHAT ARE YOU?" The pretty one asked.

"The one who's going to scar your pretty face." Hats smugly replied and disappeared for a millisecond before reappearing in the same place.

"AARGH," the beautiful woman cried in pain as a deep long scar formed on her face.

"That will be permanent, it doesn't matter if you have regeneration. Mwahaha..." Hats evilly chuckled.

The two realized that the game had been reversed. They can not fight this cat. So, the short one put her hand in her pocket and pressed a button.

*BOOM*

The building started shaking and falling apart. Just in the second of confusion, the two ran away.

Ajax took out the spear-nails stuck in his wounds and went to pick Edward on his back. He had passed out.

"Hats, don't tell Grandpa or he will ground us." Ajax pleaded.

But Hats also pleaded with him, "Yes, you too, don't tell him or he will whoop my ass first for bringing you in here."

Ajax nodded, "This secret dies with us. Okay, let's just throw Edward out of the building secretly and run away from here. We can't let someone see us."

"Good idea," Hats agreed.

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