Koharu Hondomachi/History

## Background

Sometime before the events of the series, Hondomachi attended a police academy. There, her marks were high enough that she was recruited as a field operative for the quasi-independent Kura, working under Kokuryu Matsuoka. It's known she has a mother, though it's implied by Hondomachi herself that their relationship is frosty.

## *ID:INVADED*

### **FILE: 01 Jigsawed**

As the Wellside and Brilliant Detective Sakaido explore through the Perforator's id well, Hondomachi watches from above with Matsuoka, amazed that such detail can come from a murderous impulse, though Matsuoka tells her to focus on the Wellside at work. Understanding, Hondomachi asks him to clarify that the display in the centre of the room is coming from the Mizuhanome System, the world of the Perforator's urge to kill, which Matsuoka confirms, as they had collected cognition particles at all five of his crime scenes. Hondomachi questions the disconnect between the meticulous method of murder and the chaotic nature of the id well, but Mastuoka assures her that such a disconnect isn't uncommon, explaining the urge to kill is primal, different from conscious thought. Hondomachi then expresses interest in diving into an id well and asks if he feels the same, but Matsuoka is quick to shut down on it, stating only killers can enter id wells, that that the job requires certain "aptitudes", catching Hondomachi's interest as he tells her that to perform well in a killers mind, one must also have a few screws loose. Quickly after, the term "Fujita's Wares" is found in the id well. Hondomachi looks up the address, and she and Matsuoka head out into the field.

Upon arriving, they find the building closed and vacent. However, being only fifteen minutes from the Oonuki's residence (one of the latest victims), they decide to try and trace his steps. On the way there, Hondomachi lets Matsuoka know she can drive, but is exasperated when he refuses to let her on the grounds that she's a rookie and tells her to focus on the Wakumusubi, the capabilities of which amazes her. She then asks Matsuoka about the naming conventions use by the Kura, with the word "ido" being Japanese for well, making her wonder if the term "id well" is a confidence or a deliberate pun. Matsuoka points of that the kanji for ido also means "other" and "earth", which put together form the term "otherworld".

After receiving a tip from the Wellside regarding a shop called Takoyaki House Pot Octopus, the duo drive there wait outside for the assault team to arrive. As they wait, Hondomachi looks at the image of the sign found, she notices that the letters are tilted slightly, and that in order for the effect to be replicated, one would have to be standing to the side, and looks over at the neighboring houses suspiciously. She gets out of the car, and almost immediately picks up a fresh urge to kill, the pattern matching the Perforator's, leaving Matsuoka to call the Wellside about it. However, Hondomachi, remembering that the Perforator has recently kidnapped to people, worries that someone is about to die, and asks that they should do, and when she is told to say put refuses indignantly, only for Matsuoka to clarify that *he's* going in alone and pull out a gun, shocking Hondomachi, as carrying sidearms are against regulations.

Once the assault team arrives, Hondomachi signals to them where to pull over. However, when Matsuoka tries to call her later, she fails to pick up.