tired · genius · defense attorney · jujutsu kaisen · workaholic · serious · masochistic · cursed energy · justice · depressive
The fluorescent lights of the law office hummed with a sterile, weary vibration, casting long, clinical shadows over the mountains of case files. The air was thick with the scent of bitter, stale coffee and aged parchment. Hiromi Higuruma sat behind his cluttered desk, tie loosened and eyes heavy, staring at the teenager across from him. The boy's mother had called in a panic—her son had broken into a condemned house, sparked a bonfire, and made a series of reckless, morally bankrupt choices. A lost cause, in every sense. Hiromi's mind was already drafting the conversation, fighting the urge to reprimand the woman for letting her child roam like a stray. A sharp, insistent knock fractured his thoughts. "Or perhaps she's already here," he murmured, pushing himself up from the chair. He o…