Shorter chapter, but with plot. Chapter Title says it all. :D

"Ready to go." Ainz murmured to himself as he made sure everything was locked up tight in his room at the apartment. He had shown up there after the Exam to rent a room, and it was well within his prices, and still looked nice. he set up his room with a few cosmetic items from his void inventory, as well as a small model, around half a foot tall, he got from an event in YGGDRASIL. It would take the form of a chosen player and wear whatever armor you wanted. At the moment it was set to Touch-Me from his guild wearing the pristine white armor that he had worn when Ainz met him all that time ago. Ainz smiled at the memory.

'I should go talk a walk around the area, and check out some things.' Ainz thought. Before closing up his room, he summoned a few low level undead that would hide in various locations in the room, and shouldn't be disturbed unless someone was searching where they shouldn't be. If they did, they would get a nasty shock via skeletons. If the skeletons were defeated, which would most likely happen if the person who set them off was a State Alchemist, then their remains would vanish, leaving no trace.

Ainz walked out of the complex and began walking around the city, mapping the streets as he went. It would never do to get lost and stuck in an alleyway during a fight. It was actually rather nice, being able to walk around freely without bodyguards, servants, or (shudder) yandere succubi following and constantly annoying him.
'Hmm?' Ainz glanced up at the sky, and saw it was sunset and realized how dark it was getting. 'My body is undead, so I don't require sleep, but I shouldn't be out here too late. I'll head back to the apartment in an hour.' he decided, continuing down the street, memorizing as best as he could the streets.

Location: Unknown Park in Central
Time: 2000 Hours

It was nighttime, the sun having set around forty five minutes ago. Ainz had been walking through the city to get back to his residence, when some movement in a park nearby caught his eye. Unnaturally quiet for a person wearing armor, Ainz twisted behind a tree to see what was going on.

Ainz's enhanced senses allowed him to hear the conversation. "-Are you trying to waste time?! It's Uncle, Sugar, Oliver, then 8, 0, 0!" A man in a phone booth shouted angrily into the phone. The man was wearing glasses, and was in a military uniform. That was all Ainz could see, but what caught his attention was the blood covering the man's right side. A muffled voice sounded on the other end. As the man listened to the phone, a figure in a military uniform walked up behind him and pulled out a gun.

The man in the booth kept talking, unaware of the threat. "This is an emergency!" he said, glaring at the phone. He froze at the sound of the gun being cocked. The man in the booth glanced back at the woman who held the gun.

"I need to ask you to put down the receiver." The woman said calmly. "Please, sir."

Ainz quickly considered the situation. A military man, bleeding out, was being held at gunpoint by another officer. One of the two must be breaking a law or have committed treason. There were no other possibilities that were that likely. Ainz held back to see if he should interfere, as he is a State Alchemist, which is equal to a Major in the army, probably higher than either of the officers. Ainz snapped out of thinking to hear the man.

"You look just like..." his face twisted, smirking. "But you're not. Who the hell are you lady?"

The woman shifted her position slightly. "I'm 2nd Lieutenant Maria Ross sir. You've lost too much blood."

The man frowned at her, grimacing as his injured side moved. "Drop the act already. You're not 2nd Lieutenant Ross. She has a mole under her left eye."

Both sides froze, leaving the atmosphere tense. Suddenly the woman grinned, her voice changing drastically.

"You're observant. I can't believe I forgot." she said in a rougher, androgynous voice. She tapped under her left eye, and in a burst of red lightning, much too similar to the normal blue Alchemy lightning for Ainz's liking, a mole appeared, just as the man said. She stared at the mad sadistically. "There, how do I look now?"

'That has to be a Homunculus! No humans have that power!' Ainz reached back to grab his swords to fight, but instead waited to see what the Homunculus would do.

The man gaped in shock. "Please tell me this isn't happening. I must be hallucinating or something." he muttered to himself.

"You really are a smart man Lieutenant Colonel. Did you ever think it would be the cause of your death?" the woman replied snidely.

"C'mon, have a heart, will ya? I have a wife and daughter waiting for me." he explained dangerously. The woman silently flickered red as the strange alchemic lightning covered her, and her form changed to that of another woman. "So the last thing I'm gonna do", the man continued, oblivious to the Homunculus changing, "is die on them!" He whirled around at the fully changed Homunculus with a small knife in his hands, but froze at her new form.

"You look surprised!" the woman said joyfully as the Lieutenant Colonel froze, pale.

"W-what the hell are you?" he said fearfully. *BANG!* A shot rang out from the gun, and the man crumpled to the floor, bleeding. A voice came through on the line, but Ainz couldn't make it out.

"You humans don't make any sense to me. You throw away your lives senselessly." the woman began, hanging the receiver back on the hook. Ainz had seen enough. He didn't want to reveal himself, but now there was a Homunculus right in the open, and he just killed a man, who was probably going to have important info on him. Ainz clapped, his gauntlets clanging. The woman turned, startled at the sound, as the ground came up and made spikes, stabbing it through the stomach. The woman crackled again as it changed, now into an androgynous figure, but was clearly male. It's hair was a shimmering green, and hung down like palm fronds on a palm tree. He wore a low cut sleeveless shirt, and had an Ouroboros mark on its chest. Ainz recognized the symbol from mythology back on his original world, and a faction had it as a symbol in YGGDRASIL. It had to be a Homunculus. The Homunculus choked out blood, shocked at the surprise attack. "Damn!" it cursed, leaping backwards, out of the spikes. It's skin healed over as its regeneration kicked in.

Ainz ran forward, pulling out his huge swords simultaneously. The Homunculus' eyes widened at the sight of the armor with huge swords running at him. "The hell?!" it exclaimed. Ainz swung at it, and the Homunculus bent its body in an inhuman fashion, the swords narrowly missing it. Ainz used his strength to suddenly change the direction of the blades, coming back and cutting the Homunculus in half at the waist. It shouted at him, collapsing to the ground. Ainz was surprised to see it heal so thoroughly, but it was to be expected of such powerful beings, since they ran on souls of all things. Angrily the artificial human raised an arm, which twisted, and suddenly became a flexible steel blade from the shoulder down. Ainz drove an overhead strike at the green-haired Homunculus. The arm raised to block the sword, at a loud clang commenced when they made contact. The impact bent the arm and cause the Homunculus' feet to sink unnaturally deep into the ground.

The Homunculus stared at him in surprise. "What are you?!" No human can hit that hard!" It shouted, confused. Ainz glanced at the Ouroboros mark on the Homunculus. "I am something your mind cannot comprehend, little Homunculus." Ainz said smugly as he shoved the Homunculus, the force pushing it back a few feet. Sticking his swords into the ground, Ainz clapped. He shoved his arms forward. Just like during the Exam, the air condensed into a few dozen shards, and shot forward, absolutely shredding the opponent. The Homunculus screamed, blood splattering the ground behind it, and the ground getting holes punctured in it. The Homunculus' eyes widened at the clap Alchemy. "Argh! You're a sacrifice? Now I can't kill you either!" it grumbled angrily. "Damn it, I so wanted to go all out on you, but it must wait." it sneered, turning and running into the distance, rippling as it turned into an unknown civilian and turned a corner. Ainz was confused by the statement and the words in it, but was determined to not let it get away.

He clapped and was about to follow when the man in the booth coughed up blood. 'Damn, now I can't chase him. I have to know what this man found out.' Frustrated at losing his quarry, Ainz shot a {Discern Entity} at the retreating Homunculus, barely landing it before it turned the corner. Ainz put off checking the results to see the man. Ainz frantically ran options through his skull. 'Should I heal him? No, that would be too suspicious, even if I need data, I can't just blow my cover like that. Same with resurrection. I doubt Truth would be too happy either with that.' He sat up the man and looked into his eyes.

"Are you able to talk?" Ainz asked him. The man groaned, and was able to open his eyes, albeit slowly. "Who're... you? Al?" the Lieutenant Colonel asked, slurred. Ainz shook his head. "It doesn't matter right now. What's your name?" the man winced.

"It's Lieutenant Colonel Hughes. I... I need to get a message to Roy. Roy Mustang. Someone's targeting him, and the government cannot be trusted." he made out. Ainz put a hand on his shoulder. "Calm down, I know all of that. I'm here to fight them. I'll inform him. How can I get him a message without him knowing its from me?" he asked Hughes. Ainz immediately shook his head at himself. "Never mind, I got this, don't worry Hughes, I will get the message to Roy."

Hughes smiled softly. "Thank you... now I can rest." he closed his eyes. As he drifted away, he spoke one more sentence. "If you can, please protect my family as well." Ainz watched as Hughes stopped moving. Ainz sat him back against the booth in the same position, and stood up. Making sure he didn't spread any signs it was him who was there, he checked the ground. A photo caught his eye. A picture of Hughes, a girl who was probably his daughter, and a woman who the Homunculus had turned into, probably his wife. Ainz placed the photo in the ma's shirt in respect, and left.

A few hours later, all the government would find at the scene would be a dead body covered in blood, and signs of combat, with more blood all over the ground. The ground itself was torn up by what appeared to be Alchemy, as well as puncture holes via an unknown source. No signs of identification were found on the ground.

Location: Ainz's Apartment Room
Time: 2230 Hours

Arriving back at his room safely, Ainz checked the {Discern Entity} spell's result.

Name: Envy the Jealous

Race: Homunculus

Job: Instigator

Age: 176

Level: 80

Karma: -500

Be cautious around this Homunculus, his outward appearance can copy any other at will. Watch your back.

'Interesting. It can change its appearance at will. I have to be careful. At least I can use my {Discern Entity} spell to check them, and they wouldn't know that I did. Also, I should do something to make it easier to use Alchemy other than having to come up with a circle and then focus it through my palms. I know! I'll put them on my armor!' Ainz took off his boots, and transmuted circles onto his boots, specifically, the ones to make his floating platforms and air. He placed the circles on the inside of the boots, so they were hidden. Now he could transmute the air, and it would look like he wasn't doing anything. 'Nice..." he thought.

Ainz realized he had a while until the sun came up, so he decided to go through his gear and think up plans based on what he knew.

Location: Underground, Beneath Central
Time: 2300 Hours

Envy stalked his way down through the tunnels, snarling as his wounds healed. It had hurt really badly to get shredded like that out of nowhere like he had. Envy stalked angrily into the room under central. Within the room, Lust lounged against a pillar, with Gluttony on her side eating something leftover from his meals. Wrath stood stoically with his back to the door, which was understandable seeing as he had his Ultimate Eye to help him. Lust raised an eyebrow at Envy's condition. "Envy, how did it go? Is Hughes dead?" she asked.

Envy snarled. "Yes yes, he's dead. However, we have a problem. Where's Father?"

Lust snorted. "He's out. What, did Hughes not die as fast as you wanted to? Maybe we should've had Gluttony deal with him instead, hmm?" she teased Envy. Envy glared back.

"Someone knows about us." came the reply. This caught Lust's attention.

"What do you mean?" she asked cautiously. "Does someone know of our plan?"

Envy growled. "That's just it! I don't know! He knows I am a Homunculus, but it was probably just the Ouroboros on my chest and-"

"You let someone see the Ouroboros on a mission?!" Lust growled. "I would understand if it was Gluttony or I, since we can't cover them up, but you?" she said.

Envy sneered. "I bet you'd have a hard time staying in a changed form when you're impaled! This guy, I have no clue who he was, covered in this dark armor with two big swords came out of nowhere and attacked me using Alchemy!"

Wrath turned around, bringing their attention to him. "Armor? Using Alchemy? Are you sure it wasn't Alphonse Elric?" he asked carefully. Envy nodded. "Yeah, I know what that kid looks like, and his armor ain't got nothing on this. This guy was wearing almost pitch black armor, and he bent my steel arm I made with one hit! It cracked!" That startled them, as steel was the closest man-made thing Envy could turn his body into to the Ultimate Shield or Ultimate Spear. OF course, it wasn't anywhere close to those, but it was pretty strong. "Then he used some kind of air based Alchemy that shredded me!"

Wrath flinched. "What?!" Envy turned to him.

"Do you know this guy, Wrath?" he asked.

Wrath nodded, thinking. "This sounds exactly like someone who just became a State Alchemist. He wore armor exactly like you described, and used similar Alchemy. I know nothing of what he looks like under it, but he claimed to have a condition that stopped him from taking it off, or else light would burn his skin." Wrath rubbed his chin. "He could use circle-less Alchemy, so he is now a sacrifice. We should stay away from him, we wouldn't want to make Father unhappy. I am worried whether or not it was a coincidence that he found you, and how much he saw. I shall look into this."

Envy nodded, still glaring, and walked out of the room as he called back "I'm going to go see if I can find out how much the military knows."

Wrath nodded, leaving as well. "I will check on my end as well." he said, striding from the room.

The only ones were Lust and Gluttony. "Did you get that Gluttony?" she asked. He nodded vigorously, a grin covering his face.

"Yes! No eating the armored ones!" he exclaimed excitedly.

Lust nodded. "Follow me, we have to report to Father." Together, the two strode out of the room.

Anyone want to be a Beta for this story, pm me. Also, let me know if I mess up any facts, as the timeline may get a little wonky with Ainz in the mix. If you want Ainz to resurrect Hughes, because he can, let me know. I don't really have a definite reason to bring him back, or one that fits with the plot, but I will consider it if you give me ideas for it.

Note: I refer to all Homunculi as it or them mostly, as although they have a set gender, minus Envy who can shape shift, they have no gender, and take the form of who was used to make them, mostly. Ainz is not going soft for staying for Hughes and getting a message to Roy, he simply wanted information, and thought it would be better to get it from Hughes before he died, but didn't get too much. Ainz can't bring Hughes back to life because the government would probably get them both. He simply has respect for Hughes, not going soft for Humans. Glad that's sorted. I have a poll of whether to continue or redo my entire Green Eyed fanfiction. I will upload one more chapter for it eventually though. If I am to redo it, it will have the same plot, but better written.