The Mole Who Keeps Getting Death Kisses from Their Boss

[Upcoming derivative work: Haikyuu!!: The All-Rounder Idol Plays Volleyball Too!]

[Check out my completed story, The Saintly Tool]

※A kiss of death: In the Italian MAFIA, when someone decides to take a person's life, they give them a kiss as a warning of their impending death.

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The day before he was supposed to leave Italy, Eulalia received a kiss of death from his newly appointed boss.

So Eulalia changed his flight in the middle of the night, rushed to Japan as quickly as he could, and decided to make himself so valuable that his boss would take back that dangerous kiss of death.

He'd start by swallowing up the dangerous organization known as the distillery

…But as soon as Eulalia joined the organization, it went into lockdown to search for undercover agents.

Eulalia, an undercover agent: “…”

He sat on pins and needles, breaking out in a cold sweat.

But nobody knew better than him what a proper member of a dark organization should do!

Relying on his wealth of experience and outstanding abilities, Eulalia rose through the ranks. He earned his boss's high expectations and the affection of his colleagues.

Then he received a kiss of death from his boss, Gin.

Eulalia: Eyes wide with shock.

This made no sense! There wasn't a single employee in the organization more capable than him!

That very night, he gathered his good buddies, the Whisky Trio, in his room and tearfully complained about Gin's wicked deeds.

“I've done so much for him! Wasn't I the one who caught every single traitor?! Wasn't I the one who found every single outstanding employee?! Am I not always the first one to rush into every mission?! Don't I take care of all the food, clothes, housing, and transportation?! How could he treat me like this!”

The Whisky Trio: “…What did he do?”

“He gave me a kiss of death to let me know he was going to kill me!”

The Whisky Trio: “…”

So the three of them stayed up all night helping Eulalia come up with a plan, and successfully helped the organization's most outstanding employee in recent years leave the distillery for good.

Unable to return home after failing his mission, Eulalia wound up in Yokohama by chance. If he couldn't swallow up the distillery, then he'd swallow up the Port MAFIA!

Diligent employee Eulalia was back on the job!

A year later, he received another kiss of death, this time from his boss at the Port MAFIA, Chuuya Nakahara.

Eulalia: “…” What on earth had gone wrong?!

Overwhelmed by stress, Eulalia got drunk at a bar late one night and grabbed a passing bandage-wearing man to tell him about his boss's wicked deeds.

Osamu Dazai: “…Well, it does sound like your life could be in danger if you stay. Come with me, then.”

And so, the Port MAFIA's most capable employee left with Osamu Dazai.

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After failing two missions in a row, Eulalia completely lost heart. He began working with Osamu Dazai to go straight and clean up their records, hoping to get back into society. But on one mission, they ran into three former bosses trapped together.

To Eulalia's confusion, the three didn't look as murderous as he'd imagined. Instead, each of them stared at him with an angry, complicated look.

“Why did you leave back then?”

Eulalia was baffled and shocked. “You all gave me a kiss of death! Was I supposed to stay and wait for you to kill me?!”

The three of them: “?????”

Was it possible that it had just been a perfectly normal kiss?

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[Check out my own upcoming story: Haikyuu!!: The All-Rounder Idol Plays Volleyball Too!]

Arisu Kurimu is known as an all-rounder idol. Singing, dancing, studying, sports, he excels at everything!

But just before starting high school, he has a particularly terrifying prophetic dream.

In the dream, he gets the chance to audition for a hugely popular TV series about volleyball.

But the audition is broadcast live nationwide, and the contestants have to play a match on the spot.

Arisu Kurimu hasn't even learned the rules of volleyball, and before he knows it, he's being carried off the court, eliminated.

“An all-rounder idol? A prodigy? Incredibly dedicated? Watching his perfect image come crashing down is so satisfying.”

Arisu Kurimu wakes up with a start. After confirming that his dream will come true, he rushes to join his school's volleyball club.

He'll die before he lets his perfect image fall apart!

It's just volleyball! He'll take it in stride!

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After the new students enroll, the Aoba Johsai volleyball club welcomes an unusually special libero.

At first

Player A: “He's glowing!”

Player B: “His expression is perfect no matter what move he makes!”

Player C: “Why does even his crying after a loss look like it has a beauty filter?!”

After diving to receive the ball, Arisu Kurimu gets back to his feet with a flourish.

Heh… It's just volleyball

But when he turns around, he finds himself face-to-face with the terrifying glare of upperclassman Oikawa.

Toru Oikawa: “Arisu, did you come here to play volleyball or to put on a performance?”

Later

Arisu Kurimu: “If I have to receive the ball, I'll even crawl under the coach's chair!”

Player A: “????? Do you remember how you used to sparkle all the time?! Get out from under the chair, Arisu!”

Arisu Kurimu: “Aaaaaah!” (sprints wildly after the ball)

Player B: “Arisu! Your face is slipping! This is live! Don't you care about your image?!”

After losing a match, Arisu Kurimu throws his head back and sobs in despair.

Player C: “Where's your expression control?! Where's the beauty filter?!”

Oikawa turns around and throws his tracksuit jacket over Arisu Kurimu's head.

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After Arisu Kurimu joins Aoba Johsai, every match he plays becomes a celebration for his haters.

At first:

[The cool princess is back on the court! What spectacular antics will he show us this time?]

[He has to put on a show even when he's playing. I'm tired just watching him.]

[Has the expression on his face been welded into place? You'd need at least ten years of practice in front of a mirror to achieve that.]

Little by little:

[?????? What happened to that welded-on expression control?!]

[Who even are you?! Who is this all-around libero, combining speed, sprinting, and hurdling on the court?!]

Later:

[The Cool Princess is number one! Don't cry! You're the strongest!]

[Weren't you supposed to be haters?! What are you fighting me over tickets for?! Give me back my ticket to the national finals!]

Theme: Don't sell yourself short. Life calls for the courage to keep moving forward.