The Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric, is given his first assignment. He is to inspect the coalmines of Youswell, a task he believes to be Mustang`s attempt to deter his search for the Philosopher`s Stone. Ignoring direct orders Ed and Al take a detour to a popular tourist town hoping to uncover the smallest fragment of truth behind the Stone`s growing legend. There they encounter a thief with enough tricks to keep the detectives busy for decades. Yet a tip from this unlikely source leads them to an adventure more startling than they could have ever imagined.

Ed and Al arrive in Xenotime, once a prosperous gold-mining settlement. But Xenotime`s gold has been exhausted, and its economy is crumbling. Its only hope: two alchemists who are developing an artificial Philosopher`s Stone to rejuvenate the mines. Their names? Edward and Alphonse Elric! Who are these false Elrics? And what light can they shed on the Philosopher`s Stone?

Episode listing:

9. Be Thou for the People.
10. The Phantom Thief.
11. The Other Brothers Elric (Part One).
12. The Other Brothers Elric (Part Two).

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