Kyōka Izumi/History

## Plot

### Background

According to Kōyō, before being an orphan, Kyōka supposedly lived happily with her parents. But ultimately, it was Demon Snow itself who killed them. Her father, after resigning from being a government agent, become a freelancer who worked for the assassinations of several important people. Her mother was, like her, an assassin who wielded the slaughtering ability Demon Snow.

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One night, while Kyōka was out playing, several assassins came to try and kill both her mother and father. While all the assassins were quickly killed by the pair, an unknown ability user who could use body possession through blood took control of Kyōka's father first and used him to try and kill the young Kyōka. While Kyōka's mother had cut him down with Demon Snow before he could harm Kyōka, soon her mother was put under manipulation as well.

Before her death, Kyōka's mother transferred her ability Demon Snow to Kyōka in order to protect her, using a technique she had learned from an ability user who could manipulate shadows. However, due to the suddenness of the attack, the transfer of the ability was not perfect and so Kyōka's cell phone, given to her by her mother days before her death, became an intermediary for control of the ability. Since then, the Port Mafia took her in and presumably served under Kōyō as her protege.

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Shortly after joining the Mafia, she sought out Akutagawa after hearing rumors that his ability could cut through anything and begged him with desire in her eyes, to cut down Demon Snow to avenge her parents’ deaths and to then kill her. It was presumably this encounter where Akutagawa found sympathy in Kyōka to give her a meaning to live by killing instead of wishing to die.

### Meeting Atsushi

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Kyōka first appears in the city, seemingly waiting for someone. Soon, she spots her target and uses her ability to apprehend Dazai, leaving him in Port Mafia's capture.
Afterward, when Atsushi Nakajima was out shopping with Akiko Yosano, they passed by each other without thought. but Atsushi notices her focus on him for a brief moment. Later on, on the train attacked by Motojirō Kajii, she encounters Atsushi once more, and Akutagawa orders her to protect the bomb on the train with her life, thus attacks Atsushi.

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After injuring Atsushi severely, she introduced herself as an orphan, listing her likes and dislikes, and confessing to her 35 murders within the span of six months. Their battle continues, but Atsushi soon deflects her. Kyōka shocks him, pointing out the last three victims were a family of three and expresses little emotion. However, after Atsushi urges her to express herself, she wavers. She gives Atsushi the detonator to deactivate the bomb, but it is remotely force-activated after Akutagawa notices the button was pushed. Finally breaking from Port Mafia's influence, she attempts to sacrifice herself by jumping off the train with the bomb. Atsushi saves her and rips the bomb off of her, and the two fall into the river.

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She wakes up in the Agency's infirmary. Atsushi and Kunikida persuade her to talk of the mafia's plans with tofu. Atsushi later shows her much of the city she never saw whilst in the mafia, showing her a new side of life. However, at the end of the tour, Kyōka intends to turn herself into the police, aware of her unforgivable crimes, and that it is either imprisonment or mafia's execution awaiting her future.

Atsushi, however, is attacked by Akutagawa, who forces Kyōka to come with him. The three all depart on a cargo ship intended to take Atsushi to the people responsible for his bounty. Nonetheless, Kyōka intends to defy Akutagawa anyway and sets a bomb off to sink the ship with her and Akutagawa with it. Akutagawa overpowers Kyōka and nearly kills her, but Atsushi saves her. After Akutagawa and Atsushi's showdown, Kyōka saves a badly weakened Atsushi from the sinking ship, landing in a rescue boat piloted by Kunikida.

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Returning to the Agency, the majority of the detectives celebrate Atsushi and Kyōka's success against Akutagawa, with Yosano and Naomi dressing her up in an outfit. However, when explaining her intentions of joining the Agency, Kunikida points out it won't be easy to deal with her and the crimes she committed, as many forms of authority will want her in their custody. She begs Yukichi Fukuzawa to let her join, saying she wants to prove Akutagawa wrong, that she isn't just a killing machine. After an intense staredown, Fukuzawa hires her.

Dazai arranges for Kyōka to room with Atsushi, both out of convenience and in favor of her safety against any mafia assassins who may attempt to kill her for abandoning them.

### Meeting The Guild

Long after Atsushi and Tanizaki's run-in with Lucy Maud Montgomery, Kyōka runs up and hugs Atsushi in relief. Her relief is short-lived. Wearing civilian attire, Port Mafia's boss approaches an unsuspecting Atsushi, praising his efforts against Lucy, and walks away. His sudden appearance terrifies Kyōka to a trembling, speechless state that brings her down to her knees.

The next day, Atsushi hands Kyōka her first work for the Agency, which is to deliver an evidence to a court judge. As they arrive at the location, she is denied entrance, but she tries to resolve it using her own tactical strategy. Atsushi accompanies her to infiltrate the building, though she soon ends up stunning the judge himself, ending in a partial failure. Afterwards, Atsushi treats her to crêpe to cheer her up, later asking her why she still keeps her phone. She explains how it is special to her despite her wish never to activate her ability through it again. However, it suddenly rings, with a voice activating Demon Snow to attack Atsushi.

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A woman, Kōyō Ozaki, arrives and tells Kyōka that she has arrived to bring her back to the mafia. Atsushi tells her that Kyōka shall never return to the mafia again, as she now belongs in the Agency. Atsushi activates his ability to attack the woman, only to be stabbed by another demon like Demon Snow. She announces that she has to kill Atsushi and the rest of the Agency upon orders of mafia boss Ōgai Mori. Kyōka then agrees to come with her, though it turns out to be an act to catch Kōyō off-guard.

She snatches Kōyō's phone and activates her ability to battle her, but Kōyō keeps urging her to return to the mafia. She also reminds Kyōka how she is suited for killing, just like how Demon Snow killed her parents. In that moment, mafia reinforcements arrive to finish off Atsushi and retrieve Kyōka and Kōyō. However, Kunikida and Kenji, as well as six Guild members, arrive at the scene, thus inciting a three-way conflict. In the end, the Guild members easily overwhelm all the forces, while Kyōka goes missing.

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As Kyōka wanders throughout back alleys and ghettos, she soon comes across Atsushi having been overwhelmed by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. The latter recognizes her as a Port Mafia assassin, but she introduces herself as a member of the Agency. She instantly attacks Fitzgerald with her tantō and quickly rescues Atsushi to escape.

Hiding from Fitzgerald, Kyōka informs Atsushi that she has called the police with a false report to arrive at their location and to prevent the Guild from performing any rash actions. Atsushi wonders why Kyōka came back instead of remaining incognito and staying out of the war, but she tells him that she belongs to the Agency and promises to fight for it, even if she needs to resort to her inner monstrosity. They soon approach the two policemen nearby to seek aid. As one of the two officers is notified that a young wanted serial killer in kimono is spotted in the area, he grows suspicious of Kyōka. She immediately slashes the officer out of stimulus, but Atsushi quickly stops her from attacking the second officer and grabs her to escape.

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They soon encounter Fitzgerald and his companion, having anticipated the situation with the help of their tactician. As Kyōka and Atsushi are instantly and severely shot from above by Mark Twain, Fitzgerald grabs Atsushi and takes him to *Moby Dick* summoned by Herman. Amidst her pleas not to take Atsushi away, Fitzgerald advises her that saving others does not suit her, to which she weeps and wonders why she is given hope if such were the case. As the Guild departs with Atsushi, the military police surround and arrest Kyōka, while she imparts her goodbye to the one who showed her the light.

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With Kyōka confined in a UAV, Dazai contacts her and gives her instructions on how to land the aircraft after negotiating with the Special Division for Unusual Powers, but Kyōka declines and has given up hope for herself. Dazai admits that the Agency has no reason to save her given that she is not an official member, whose entrance exam she thinks she will fail either way. Dazai then wonders if she thinks that a former killer cannot become a good person, since he does not believe such case.

Dazai understands how she thinks that she is not suited for the Agency, but he dismisses the thought and lectures her on possibilities, just like Atsushi, who was previously regarded as a beast, who took her in, and who is now fighting with his life on the line for the sake of others. Knowing that Kyōka is at a loss, Dazai convinces her that it is but human to lose one's way and dash recklessly along life like stray dogs rather than trying to find purpose in life or what they fight for. Kyōka soon hears about the hacking of *Moby Dick*; she communicates with them and decides to collide the UAV with the ship to divert its course. Atsushi asks her to escape, but, unable to, she instead thanks him and says her goodbye.

Dazai and Fukuzawa soon approach Atsushi and inform him that Kyōka has successfully passed her entrance exam the moment she has decided to sacrifice herself and save Yokohama. As a result, the President's inhibiting ability that only works on his Agency subordinates has activated and allowed Kyōka to freely control her ability, enabling her to have Demon Snow cut off her shackles and escape in time. Atsushi then rushes to Kyōka and embraces her out of relief, while the other Agency members proudly look on to them from a distance.

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Kyōka is later accompanied by Atsushi to the Agency office, where the Agency welcome their newest member. Kunikida later approaches her and Atsushi and scoldingly imparts them with various pieces of advice as their superior, especially not to tarnish the Agency's name and do anything they will regret. Yosano soon urges him to simply tell them what he wished to say, to which he complements them for a job well done in saving Yokohama. Kyōka later calls for Naomi and Haruno per Atsushi's request so he can apologize to them.

### The Guild aftermath

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While eating in her and Atsushi's dorm, Kyōka shows her distrust towards Demon Snow, which independently assists her with some work. The next day, they head to Café Uzumaki, where they are welcomed by an annoyed Lucy. After the latter voices her grudge towards Atsushi, she hands them a dispatch specifically for Kyōka, which is to deliver a briefcase to a client. As they head to a quay, they split up and search for the boat containing the briefcase. Later, Kyōka spots Atsushi on the water after he is kicked out of Lucy's dimension. After obtaining the document that reports on the death of Kyōka's parents, they realize that Demon Snow – which Kyōka long thought killed her parents – is actually a sign of her parents' love for her.

Kyōka and Atsushi try out Lucy's coffee, which she finds average, unlike Atsushi who compliments it. She remarks that, if such coffee costs the same as the manager's, their customers will not go along with it.

### Cannibalism

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As Fukuzawa is attacked by a masked assassin and gets afflicted with a virus, the Agency thinks on the best possible course of action to avoid an all-out conflict. As the mafia arrives at the hospital where the President is taken, Ranpo encourages them, especially asking Kunikida as their interim director to issue his comrades with his orders. As such, Kyōka and the rest of the Agency simultaneously guard Fukuzawa's room.

As they face off with the mafia's main forces led by Chūya, Kyōka and the others begin to dissipate, revealing it as Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's illusion. In truth, Kenji had blasted through the wall and carried the President out to safety with the others, rethinking their strategy in their escape.

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Kyōka later arrives to Tanizaki's aid in Mori's chamber, claiming to still know about the ins and outs of her previous turf. As mafiosi enter the room, Kyōka escapes with Tanizaki from the building using Demon Snow. The mafia shoots at Kyōka and Tanizaki, but Kōyō stops them in fear of hitting Kyōka. When Kyōka and Tanizaki are fetched by the others, Fukuzawa himself issues an order not to fight the mafia, but Ranpo persuades them that it is inevitable to fight them after they tried and failed to catch the virus ability user. As such, Kyōka and most of the Agency members, except Kunikida and Atsushi, agree to launch a frontal assault at the mafia.

Kyōka soon ambushes Higuchi at the mafia headquarters and demands for the security code of Mori's safe room. Higuchi remains undeterred amidst Kyōka's threats; eventually, Akutagawa intercepts and faces Kyōka himself. As they clash with each other, Akutagawa notes how Kyōka is not suited for the Agency at all, but Kyōka retorts that she is not the same person he once knew. She then dematerializes Demon Snow and manifests it behind him, upon which Kyōka sneaks behind Akutagawa to attack him with her tantō. Despite her strategy, Akutagawa stops Kyōka's surprise attack by wrapping his hand with Rashōmon and breaks her weapon.

Akutagawa remarks that her eyes have changed from when he first saw her, recounting a similar experience of a person he knew. In the end, he admits that he is happy for Kyōka, after which she retreats. Eventually, Kyōka, the Agency, and the mafia confront Pushkin altogether at the end of the coal mine, leading the Russian to deactivate the virus.

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In the aftermath, Kyōka and the Agency hold a banquet at a luxury liner given to them by Fitzgerald. Tanizaki worries about their punishment for disobeying the President, though Kyōka and Kenji are quite indifferent and rather thrilled given how he describes their situation. They then approach Ranpo after escaping Edgar Allan Poe's novel, to which he tells them about their punishment.

Kyōka and the others apologize to Fukuzawa. Kunikida speaks on their behalf, willing to accept their punishment for disobeying his order not to fight the mafia. Nonetheless, the President smiles at them and is grateful for their efforts.
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### Hunting Dogs

A month after the events of Cannibalism, the Agency is conferred the Shikyuu Award for their services in helping preserve the peace and order of Yokohama. Soon enough, Kyōka and the others are briefed by Kunikida on a "murder association" known as the Decay of the Angel responsible for four gruesome murders of government officials, which allude to the five signs that indicate the imminent death of an "angel" in Buddhism. Fukuzawa orders them to prevent a fifth murder from happening, but Ranpo – remembering Mushitaro Oguri's warning for him not to take their next case – refuses to take the case and storms out of the office.

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Nikolai Gogol contacts the Agency holding government officials hostage. As a test solely for them, he challenges them to save the hostages being tied to chainsaw chairs before they activate within 30 minutes or before any external parties interfere. Outside the hostages' room, Kyōka and her team plan their strategy. In that moment, as the chainsaws activate on the hostages, they instantly find themselves as the hostage takers inside the room. Amidst their confusion, they find Gogol tied up on a chainsaw chair, who later gets bisected along with the hostages. Justice Vice Minister Tonan contacts the military police and names the Agency as the Decay of the Angel.

With Tanizaki using Light Snow to help them escape, they regroup with Kenji and blockade themselves in a room. They are contacted by Ranpo, who warns them about the Book's power spurring the current events. He asks them to avoid capture at all costs despite their innocence, but their conversation is cut short as Ranpo jumps off a building to escape from the police at his end.

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The military police fires sleeping gas at them, forcing them to commit suicide as the operatives barge in the room. To their surprise, Yosano resuscitates her four comrades using her ability to take out the police altogether. They soon change into the operatives' riot gear and escape from the building.

With enough distance covered from the hostage situation site, Kyōka and the others take a respite in the woods. As each of them grasps their situation, Kenji gives them some rice balls and encourages them to push through their crisis and keep living, relating it to a similar experience that occurred in his hometown. Motivated, Kunikida announces that they must first escape in order to rebuild the Agency.

In order to outrun the military's expansion rate, they are given two options: either they take the northern train or hijack a car down the southern road. After deliberating, Kunikida suggests they go by car, so as not to affect other citizens on the train if the military were to catch up to them. They agree with him and set out southward.

However, Kyōka tells her teammates that she wants to go back and rescue Atsushi. Though initially reluctant, Kunikida allows her to return and hands her some of his notebook pages in case of emergency. She arrives just in time to rescue Atsushi from a barrage of shots from the military police at the basement of the hostage situation site and knocks them out unconscious. Kyōka then informs Atsushi that the Agency is wanted as a criminal organization, with "escape" virtually impossible for them. They head back to the crime scene and hide on the ceiling using some of Kunikida's pages.

After two days, they come out of hiding, with Kyōka advising Atsushi that their first priority is survival amidst his disbelief on recent happenings. As they go incognito along the streets filled with news about the Agency's terrorist acts, Atsushi plans of collaborating with Fitzgerald using his Eyes of God to locate Mushitaro, their sole lead who has knowledge on the Decay of the Angel. Kyōka is dubious of seeking help from their previous enemy, but Atsushi thinks that it might be their only choice, just like how Fitzgerald once helped Dazai during Cannibalism.

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Upon arriving at their base, they spot Louisa wounded on the floor. Kyōka helps her out, while Atsushi heads straight to Fitzgerald, who is fighting an apparently brainwashed Hawthorne. Later, Kyōka sees a warning on the monitors to activate the sprinkler system, which later dilutes Hawthorne's blood and renders his ability useless.

The two parties then exchange terms for their deal, with Fitzgerald wishing to have the Agency doctor revive Margaret and have her kill Hawthorne. Atsushi is adamant to accept his terms with Fitzgerald's seemingly unchanged indifference, backing away from the deal. Fitzgerald then realizes Atsushi's conditions and brings him and Kyōka to Margaret, whose comatose condition has worsened. Seeing her status, Atsushi agrees to the deal, claiming that he cannot ignore someone suffering; Kyōka then remarks that he is doing quite enough.

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Along the way, Atsushi hears some clamor beneath the ground, upon which he and Kyōka soon find Yosano from underground after escaping. She informs Atsushi about the alleged trap, but he claims that Fitzgerald would most likely betray them after getting Margaret revived. They soon find the ambulance staff killed by a hooded figure, much to Yosano's suspicions. She then asks Kyōka and Atsushi to take Margaret to Fitzgerald and leave her to handle the mysterious figure.

### Sky Casino

Ultimately, through Eyes of God, Kyōka and Atsushi locate Mushitaro confined in a government bank. Mushitaro refuses to escape with them, but Kyōka threatens him with the word "manuscript", hinting that Ranpo shall publicize his theory on Yokomizo's death. Mushitaro then reluctantly agrees to go with them. Though he puts on various acts to have them cornered, Kyōka manages to scare him off with her threats every time, causing him to fail.

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After Mushitaro spots Ango and the Special Division troops outside, he frantically decides that they must escape and avoid capture from Ango, whom he recognizes as the head of the criminal group, the Seventh Agency. They escape from the surveillance cameras using Mushitaro's ability, but they soon find themselves nearly cornered by the troops. Mushitaro manages to conjure a plan to escape their pursuers.

Employing a classic locked-room trick, they successfully hide from the Special Division troops and later exit the bank successfully. As they plot to steal a runaway car, Atsushi and later Kyōka are hit with tranquilizing darts by Ango, who reveals how he has pinpointed their escape route using his ability. As the Special Division begin to arrive, Ango pushes the group down the sewer for them to hide and directs his men to a different direction.

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The four leave the area by Ango's car, where he reveals that he is Dazai's middle-man while imprisoned through decoding Dazai's heart rate (that he can apparently manipulate) and that Fyodor merely made up the lie that he is part of the Seventh Agency. They head to Lucy's dimension after she previously marched into the Special Division headquarters defending the Agency's innocence. Kyōka, Atsushi, and Ango then ask for Mushitaro's information on the Decay of the Angel.

Initially reluctant, he soon explains that the Decay of the Angel is a five-man murder association headed by an "overseer". Though he does not know their end goal, he tells them of the previous steps and the step before their end goal, which is to eliminate the country using the back page of the Book within ten days. Though Lucy is worried for the Agency members, Kyōka and Atsushi are quite relieved that they simply have to steal the page within the time limit and write on it that the Agency has been framed.

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In a back alley, Ango plans an infiltration mission with Kyōka, Atsushi, and Lucy, which is to halt the enemy's third stage and to retrieve the page from the enemy. Ango deems Lucy to be the heart of their strategy, with her ability vital in infiltrating the enemy without being noticed. Per Dazai's plan, they are to head to the Sky Casino whose coin bombs shall be used by the terrorists to cause firsthand slaughters and an economic halt that might possibly cause a global economic crisis. Hence, they are to capture casino manager Sigma, a Decay of the Angel member who knows the page's location; prevent the terrorism; and gain the Hunting Dogs as allies.

Upon Ango's order, Lucy transports Atsushi and Kyōka to Anne's Room and heads to the casino. As they arrive, they hear an explosion go off that seals all exits. Kyōka notes that their only way out has been cut off, which goes according to plan.

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Later, Atsushi hears the Hunting Dogs engaging in combat and heads out with Kyōka. Upon sensing fighting in the communications room way faster than they anticipated, Kyōka and Atsushi split up, with Kyōka fending off the guards to have Atsushi breach the communications room. In the end, Kyōka and her team fail their operation. Lucy asks what they shall do from then on.

Amidst their hopelessness, Atsushi urges his teammates that they find another way. Suddenly, he passes out, much to their worry. Eventually, he gains consciousness and tells them that he now knows where the page is.

### Kamui Revelation

As apparently passed on to him by Sigma, Atsushi reveals that the page is with Kamui, the Decay of the Angel' boss, whose killing intent he suddenly feels. He prompts for them to hurry and save the Agency members being targeted by Kamui.

### Vampire Infection Outbreak Arc

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Sometime later after Fukuchi's true identity and motive have been revealed, Kyōka and Atsushi convene with the rest of the rescued Agency members in Poe's novel-recreated Agency office at Ranpo's behest to discuss the erstwhile global conditions caused by the Decay of the Angel. Kyōka soon detects some intruders with them and activates Demon Snow to stab through the table, under which Tanizaki and Kenji are hiding, apparently planning to surprise them. They explain that, during their hiding in a deserted village arranged by the Mafia, Mori personally invited them back to return with the others after the virus outbreak.

Fukuzawa initiates the meeting, and Ranpo briefs them how 16 armies have fallen due to Bram Stoker's ability, driving the remaining nations to panic and disorder. He informs them that the enemy aims not to ultimately stir the world into chaos but to acquire the mind-controlling ability weapon "One Order", which Ranpo adds he can use on the Humankind Army throughout the world. Ranpo deduces that the Decay aims for world domination, so he prepares the Agency to stop Fukuchi from acquiring One Order within 20 hours and readies to tell his strategy,= which is to steal and destroy One Order in a fake passenger plane before it can be given to Fukuchi.