"Al! Alphonse! Damn it...... It shouldn't be this way! Brute...... He snatched it! ”

A young man who had lost his left leg lay on the ground, looked at the magic circle painted on the ground, and let out a roar.

As soon as the screen turned, there was a page spread with a magic array drawn on it—through the setting, Shang Haozhi knew that this magic array was called a "refining array"—gears and steel, as well as a burly armored man and a teenager.

This page gives the background.

There is a refining array, indicating that it is a different world, and there are gears, indicating that it is not the Middle Ages, and the two people in the picture, needless to say, are the two protagonists of the story.

After turning this page, the story of "Fullmetal Alchemist" officially begins.

The two protagonists arrive in a small town and hear that the leader of the Sun Cult can create "miracles", and the protagonist Edward scoffs at this, but unexpectedly inquires that this leader can bring the young girl Roshan's boyfriend back from the dead.

Edward and his brother Al, informing Rosanne that he was an atheist and believed that scientists were in some sense the closest to God, and that Roseanne did not believe him at all.

At the same time, the sect leader's subordinates also found out about the arrival of Edward, a national alchemist.

After the two sides met, the sect leader's subordinates shot off Al's helmet, and the other subordinates also stopped Edward.

Just as his subordinate was holding a pistol and trying to kill Edward, Al, who had just been knocked off his helmet, grabbed his hand.

"What!"

Al has no head, but he can still move, which in itself is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and what is even more terrifying is that the inside of the armor is black, and there is no blood to be seen at all.

In his trance, Al struck him in the face with a real iron fist.

Then, Edward and Al finally met the Master.

Edward used words to provoke the leader, and the leader was deceived.

Hiding in the armor, Roshan not only heard the ambition of the sect leader, but also knew his attitude towards the believers.

“…… Oh, yes! I deceived those idiot believers! ”

Luo Shan questioned the sect leader, but the sect leader took out the "killer feature" of "resurrecting lovers".

In the end, Roshan chose to give up resistance and submit to the leader.

"I'm sorry, even if he lied to me, that's all I can do. The only person I can rely on is ...... him."

Helplessness and compromise are vividly reflected in Rosan's body.

She knew that the Sect Master was lying to her, but so what? In order to resurrect her lover, she can only trust the master.

The Sect Master was furious with Edward and Al, and immediately released the Synth Beast, allowing him to fight Edward to the death.

After a few turns, the synth pounced on Edward's arm, but Edward was unharmed.

"I see Rosanne clearly." After Edward kicked the synthetic beast, he ripped off his tattered coat, and his right arm appeared in the field of vision of the sect leader and Roshan, "This is the price of refining the human body and violating the 'Divine Realm'!" ”

Shang Haozhi finished reading the first word in one go, and he didn't even have time to catch his breath, so he couldn't wait to get the names of the second and third words.

Edward defeated the Master, and at the same time, Roshan learned that the human body was unattainable.

In an instant, the spiritual pillar that supported her collapsed.

"You tell me...... What will I rely on to survive in the future? Roseanne burst into tears.

People are sometimes very strong, knowing that there is little hope, but as long as there is one thousandth, or even one in ten thousand, hope, they will grit their teeth and persevere.

People are sometimes fragile, and when hope is gone, the whole person may collapse in an instant.

"That's what you have to think about, don't you have strong feet on you? The road ahead, rely on it. ”

Edward and Al left this sentence for her as they passed by Roshan.

The story doesn't end there.

When the leader returned to the church in a panic, he saw a woman and a big fat man waiting for him in the church. The synth had been eaten by the big fat man.

"Artificial Human ......"

Shang Haozhi took out the character design, looked at it carefully, and finally found these two people.

The woman is called Rast, the fat man is called Gratoni, and the fake "Philosopher's Stone" in the master's hand was given by these two people......

The story ends after Gratoni eats the Master, leaving a lot of doubts.

What is the Philosopher's Stone? Why are there fakes? What are these two people?

These doubts made Shang Haozhi can't wait to know the next plot.

He closed Name, but his brow didn't stretch, but his arms were folded, and his eyes fell on Name.

After reading these three words, his most intuitive idea is to do it in one go.

If other comics tell a story in the first episode and leave clues at the end to entice readers to continue reading, then this comic uses three words to do this.

Is it bloated content?

No, quite the opposite, the story is very tight, the plot and storyboards are wonderful, and it firmly captures his energy.

There is only one reason why it takes three words to tell a story, that is, to explain the setting of the comics.

Alchemy, Equivalent Exchange, Human Alchemy, Philosopher's Stone, Synthetic, National Alchemist, etc., are all mentioned, and the title of the book is also explained - because Edward is equipped with a steel prosthetic "mechanical armor".

The big setting that didn't appear, as far as he knew, was only the "Gate of Truth".

Through the content of three words, is there a lot of space to express these settings?

Actually, there are not many, but this practice is not very common.

Shang Haozhi understands Shen Xin's approach, the plot of this book needs to be set to advance to a large extent, if it is not set like this, I am afraid that the plot will not be able to move forward.

But divided into three words, the length is too long. The first three most critical words of a book are actually telling the same thing, which is really wasteful.

Compressed content?

Isn't it already very compact in itself, how can it be possible to compress the plot again?

Shang Haozhi thought about it, but he couldn't think of a suitable solution.

Zeng Yue, the deputy editor-in-chief, leaned over and tapped the table twice, "Lao Shang, let me take a look twice...... I haven't seen it yet? ”

Shang Haozhi handed the name and settings to Zeng Yuehou, and continued to think about a solution.

Wang Wenhong secretly glanced at Shang Haozhi, saw that he was silent, and sighed secretly.

Shen Xin told Wang Wenhong and asked him to mention to Shang Haozhi that the matter of synchronous serialization in District 11 was not the best opportunity now, but it was impossible for him not to say it.

If it is too late, it will be too late to wait for the time of publication of "Steel Refining" to be determined.

After pondering for a while, Wang Wenhong still decided to get up from his seat and came to Shang Haozhi, "Mr. Shang, I have something to say to you." ”

"Huh?"

Shang Haozhi looked up at Wang Wenhong.

"It's not the right thing to say here." Wang Wenhong said in a low voice.

Shang Haozhi nodded and got up, "Then go to the conference room, right?" ”

Wang Wenhong followed Shang Haozhi into the conference room and closed the door with his backhand.

"What's the matter?"

"That's right. Mr. Shen wanted me to ask if there was any hope for this comic to be serialized in Area 11. ”

"Huh? District 11? ”

Shang Haozhi was stunned for a moment, and "Young Leap" instantly came to mind in his mind.

"Chess Soul" was also serialized simultaneously on "Shonen Leap", opening up a small market in District 11 for "ComicFuture", and the quality of "Steel" is also very high, is there a chance?

If "ComicFuture" wants to get out of China, it must have a fist product, the last one was "Chess Soul", will this one be "Steel Forge"?

Shang Haozhi rubbed his chin and thought about whether "Steel Forge" had a chance to get out of China.