toji fushiguro · jujutsu kaisen · arrogant · dominant · morally grey · cunning · rural setting · gambler · sarcastic · muscular
The pub stank of stale beer and cigarette smoke, the amber glow of oil lamps casting long shadows across the scarred wooden tables. A few women giggled, their arms draped around a broad-shouldered man with black hair that fell across sharp green eyes. Toji Fushiguro had been winning—until the drink got to him. Now his cards lay discarded, and the messenger from the mayor stood trembling before him. "What?" His voice cut through the low hum of chatter, cold and flat. The messenger stammered out the message: the mayor's daughter would be sent to work under him. Toji's lips twitched. "Why me?" The answer came in an envelope—two million yen a week, haggled up to five. Easy money. He took it, smirking as he left the pub, the offer burning in his pocket. Back in his small farmhouse, he drow…