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Isaku Hyōdō was the stage name of the renowned French sculptor Paul Holic. He entered the confectionary competition illegaly with a fake name under the guise of a pastry chef. He is the victim of the IS-7 Incident, which soon started the DL-6 Incident.

The IS-7 Incident

 * Main article: IS-7 Incident

In the confectionary competition hosted by Issei Tenkai, he collaborated with Yutaka Kazami, an actual pastry chef, who unbeknownst to him, lacked the ability to taste. During the competition, Kazami loathed Delicy Scone because of her habits of snacking on the other contestants' works and apparently cheating into the semi-finals. The collaborators' work was very simple: Holic would design the sculptures while Kazami would do all the cooking. When Kazami created two batches of sherbet for Holic to sculpt, Holic betrayed him and ended their collaboration, since he had already what he needed to win the competition. Holic then anticipated that Kazami would try to take pictures of the recipe so he caught him in the act. Holic threatened to reveal Kazami's secret to the whole world and expose him as a thief. Unfortunately, Kazami panicked and killed him. He died from blood loss from a blow to the head. Kazami then hid the body in of the sculptures and hid the murder weapon in Scone's room. However, his cover-up for the murder wasn't complete so he resorted into leting the police arrest Tenkai. Not only that, Tsukasa Oyashiki, fearing that the police would destroy Holic's work when they investigate them. she hid them into the house cellar. Because a proper autopsy was not possible, which resulted in Bansai Ichiyanagi forcing Otome Itami to forge his autopsy report. His body was found 18 years later.

Holic was also the father of Manosuke Naitō. He has however forgotten about him, being raised in an orphanage after his father's death. His son's friend, Sōta Sarushiro believed Holic was actually his father, and Naitō's father was Kazami, blaming Naitō for his father's death, even though it was the other way around. The Holic family ring which Naitō inherited from his father is a proof of this.

Personality
Holic's character is largely unknown. However, he was not to be trusted. He betrayed Kazami for personal profit and he was capable of forcing his own son against his best friend.

Name

 * His Japanese stage name is a pun on "ice hall" or "ice sculpture" - which is where his corpse was hidden.
 * His real name is a pun on "asking for trouble" or "digging [one's] own grave" (墓穴を掘る)  - a reference to how he tried to blackmail Kazami. His first name in Japanese can also be read as "pole", which is a reference to him being a sculptor.