Lin and Bradley's fight leaves them hanging over the side of the front gate, but Lin is saved by Lan Fan while Bradley falls into the moat below. As Buccaneer lays dying, he gives his final request to Lin to defend the front gate. Already distraught by Fu's death, Lin complies and draws upon the full power of Greed's Ultimate Shield to annihilate all Central forces before the gate. Underground, Ed, Izumi, and the unconscious Al reappear in Father's lair to find Hohenheim subdued. With four of the five human sacrifices, Father is left to wait for the fifth. The gold-toothed doctor in the levels above selects Roy as the candidate for the fifth sacrifice, who must open the Doors of Truth by performing human-transmutation. To force Roy's hand the gold-toothed doctor has Riza's throat slit, making Roy choose between Human transmutation and saving Riza's life. Under pressure, Roy agrees to perform the human transmutation on the condition that the gold-toothed doctor uses a Philosopher's Stone to save Riza.
