How Do You Cure the Urge to Quit?

Tsukishiro Yuri has been able to see numbers on every object since she was a child, including people. The numbers come with no explanation, so she has to figure them out for herself. She brings this rather useless ability with her to a new company, where, surprisingly, it turns out to be a perfect fit. Tsukishiro Yuri climbs the ranks and gets raises. Until one day, when her boss blows her former boss's head to smithereens, she finally realizes what feels so off about the company. So... the number on the job posting wasn't the salary she could earn, but the number of heads she had to take? And those out-of-town assignments disguised as debt collection were actually vendettas? Tsukishiro Yuri had been thinking of getting out, but for one reason after another, she only gets more deeply entangled. Meanwhile, everyone on the opposing side looks at her with profound sympathy. As if to say, “I know you have your reasons.” The childhood friends in the bomb disposal unit, the mixed-race detective moonlighting as a waiter, and the cat-eyed cop who often brings her little cakes. They take turns trying to “convince” her. Wait, have they got something wrong? At least half the reason she chose to stay here was the salary! As soon as she turns around, her utterly evil colleagues also clasp Tsukishiro Yuri's hands with cheerful smiles. Tsukishiro Yuri: “?” Things... seem to be getting worse and worse... ① Everyone is wildly OOC. The men are all virgins. ② Content warning: Brahma includes canon character deaths. ③ For those sensitive to dark and grim stories: this is a wholesome Brahma (yes, really). ④ All numbers mentioned in the story and their meanings are fictional. Please don't overanalyze them. Coming next in my collection: “Pick Up the Phone! Why Aren't You Answering? Are You Seeing Someone Else?” At school, she's the student council president, a Yamato Nadeshiko. Outside school, she's a vagabond who hangs around Kabukicho. Whether at school or out of it, there's no one Yamada Maisa doesn't like, and no one who doesn't love Yamada Maisa. Yamada Maisa has lost count of how many people she's told, “I really do like you.” But Kurokawa Izana is, without a doubt, the hardest one to handle. When Yamada Maisa loses patience and interest, she returns to her conscientious good-student life by day and her wild host club nights by evening. But the silver-haired, dark-skinned boy shows up at her school gates with a repaired transmitter. Staring at the long-haired student council president before him, Kurokawa Izana is nearly laughing with rage. As a familiar warmth of a kiss lands on her face, Yamada Maisa says coldly, “I hate you.” “Don't hate me...” The boy awkwardly imitates her tone, whispering again and again, “I like you... I like you.” When word gets around that Yamada Maisa married young, her “ex-boyfriends” can't believe it. Then they see the mixed-race young man with Yamada Maisa on his arm click his tongue, his eyes seeming to carry at least ten lives on his hands. Now they can see why Yamada was intimidated... Then they notice a deep bite mark on the young man's collarbone. They know better than anyone who left that mark. ① Kurokawa Izana is the love interest. ② OOC! Lots of romance, a sweet-and-sour everyday story about a clingy young couple who keep breaking up and getting back together. The heroine also has a career plotline. ③ The heroine is imperfect. Please don't criticize her for it. ④ The “ex-boyfriends” were never actually in relationships with her. ⑤ You can enjoy this even if you haven't read the original. Theme: Wherever you end up, it's never the end of the road.