Goodbye

At the factory, Sloth's dying words shatter Wrath, and in the turmoil Envy appears wearing Winry's face to snatch Alphonse and carry him off to Dante. When Wrath tries to take his revenge on Edward, Izumi arrives and drives the homunculus away, then offers her help to rescue the younger brother. With Lust and Sloth both gone, only four of Dante's creations and their master remain, and Edward chooses to strike first at the one enemy he can locate, Fuhrer Bradley.

In Central, the Tringham brothers stumble into trouble when Russell impersonates Edward at a bookshop, unaware the name now brands a fugitive, and the pair are jailed. Far to the north, Armstrong rallies a thin band of soldiers into a staged uprising against the Fuhrer, a feint covered by the fact that the Mustang and Hawkeye on hand are really Havoc and Fuery in disguise. Bradley shrugs off the revolt as a loyalty test and, before leaving for his son's birthday party, orders the arrested children executed.

Ross and Brosh spirit Russell and Fletcher out of custody and pull Edward and Izumi into hiding as their assault on Central Command misfires, the Fuhrer having already gone. The Tringhams reveal a page from their father's journal pointing to a hidden location, but the reunion breaks when a cyborg Archer, half his body rebuilt with automail after Reole, smashes through the wall, and Izumi stays behind to hold him off. Outside, Edward joins Mustang in his car, learns that the colonel means to avenge Hughes even at the cost of his own ambition, and recognizes a shared willingness to surrender a dream. The two exchange their final goodbye and go their separate ways.

Envy abducts Alphonse in Winry's guise, and Izumi joins Edward's effort to recover him now that only four homunculi and their master survive. Russell's impersonation of Edward lands the Tringham brothers in jail, from which Ross and Brosh free them. Armstrong and disguised officers launch a decoy revolt in the north while Bradley orders the captured children killed. A cyborg Archer, rebuilt after Reole, attacks and is held off by Izumi, and Edward shares a last goodbye with Mustang before they part.

The chapter reveals Frank Archer's survival and transformation, with more than half his body replaced by automail after the wounds he took in Reole. It also sets Edward and Mustang on their separate final paths, each resolved to give up his own ambition to end the Philosopher's Stone conspiracy.