Aya Kōda/Synopsis

The Guild Aftermath Arc
While in the train station, Aya receives a suitcase from a unknown man, assuming that it is a lost item, agreed to take it. Kunikida then acidentally saw the suitcase and remembers what Tanizaki about suitcases containing bombs. He then takes the suitcase from her, to which he opens it and it contains bombs. Kunikida throws the suitcase at the air saving her and the others in the train station.

Aya then becomes angry at the man who gave him the suitcase and decides to seek Kunikida's help in finding the culprit. She goes to search with him, even dragging Kunikida on her own. Both of them soon arrive at a train tunnel where the culprit apparently went.

When Kunikida was busy looking at the bombs strapped on the rails, Katsura manages to strap a bomb to Aya, taking Kunikida by surprise. Having to choose between saving Aya or saving a train from being blown up, Kunikida apologizes to Aya. She accepts her fate, saying it is for the sake of everyone else, and the two of them are hit by the bomb.

Yosano manages to heal the two of them, so both Aya and Kunikida are unharmed. After Katsura is captured by the police, Aya implies that she wouldn't mind being Kunikida's girlfriend. Kunikida tells her that she doesn't meet his requirements for a partner, turning her down gently.

Decay of Angels Arc
During the terrorism case that framed the Agency as the masterminds, Aya wanders around an airport heading to the lost-and-found corner on behalf of her father. She hears the news of Justice Vice Minister Tonan condemning the Agency as the ones behind the recent disappearances of army staff overseas. Musing on her previous encounter with Kunikida and remembering his ideals, Aya is in disbelief that the Agency are truly terrorists.

Saigiku Jōno suddenly bumps and brushes past her to regroup with Teruko Okura and Tetchō Suehiro; Aya assumes from their uniforms that they might be cops. Aya soon overhears them discuss the Agency and their possible arrival at the airport. She then eavesdrops on them but is later found by Jōno who detects her heartbeat, thinking how they can use someone close to the Agency as a hostage to lure them out.

As Aya is repulsed over his thinking, Jōno admits that he merely wishes to hear the voice of the anguished and listen to their destruction regardless whether they are innocent or indeed guilty, much to Aya's fright. He further pushes her to the edge, until Tetchō stabs Jōno from behind to stop threatening the girl. As Jōno annoyingly challenges Tetchō to a swordfight, Fukuchi arrives and stops them; he also returns Aya her phone that got thrown off earlier after bumping into Jōno, assuring that he shall protect Aya's and the people's smiles.

Apparently, Jōno is revealed to have handed Aya earlier a memo asking her to follow him secretly if she believes the Agency's innocence. Hence, Aya witnesses the fight between Fukuchi and Jōno, as well as Fukuchi being the true mastermind of the terrorism plot.

Aya then notices how Fukuchi plans on moving Bram Stoker's coffin, so she resolves to expose Fukuchi to the world. Fueled by her sense of justice, Aya secretly takes a photo of Fukuchi with her phone, but her camera captures with a flash, much to both of their shock. As Aya panics and thinks how to escape, Fukuchi breaks the room's window but finds no one; Aya has actually fled to the next room when he smashed the window.

Desperately thinking of another way to escape Fukuchi, Aya weeps at her situation and thinks that he would kill her even if she apologizes. On the verge of giving up the idea that she is not an ally of justice, Aya thinks of a possible spot where she can hide. When Fukuchi rushes to the room and cuts down the lockers, he finds no one.