When Edward and Alphonse meet a so-called religious leader who can invoke miracles, they believe he's carrying the philosopher's stone.

Edward and Alphonse struggle over whether they should reveal the truth behind Cornello's miracles -- and possibly ruin the townspeople's lives.

Now an official State Alchemist, Ed takes a closer look at Tucker's chimera experiments and begins to realize there's something very wrong going on.

Ed reports back to Mustang in East City, where discussion of Doctor Marcoh and the Philosopher's Stone leads to a duel between Ed and the colonel.

Ed and Al are forced to go in search of another source for Marcoh's book after Lust, Gluttony and Scar burn the First Branch Library to the ground.

Wrath believes that Sloth is his real mother. Sloth battles Shou Tucker. Ed realizes that Al has been tricked by Tucker.

Edward Elric realizes he must make the ultimate sacrifice if he wants to retrieve his brother from the Gate. Hawkeye breaks free from her captors.