Heavenly Restriction

Kaori Itadori looked grim after her prenatal checkup.

Afraid that his wife was in a bad mood, Jin Itadori followed cautiously beside her, barely daring to breathe.

"Jin, I just remembered I forgot to buy a few things. I'll head back first, then come home later."

Kaori Itadori-or rather, Kenjaku-had originally planned to go straight home, but then he remembered the twins. He still had no idea whether the thing that had appeared in his belly and the vessel were identical or fraternal twins.

If they were identical twins, wouldn't that make them "ill-omened children"?

In the Jujutsu Society, identical twins were regarded as a single person, splitting the same share of innate talent between them.

From the Heian era to the present, no "ill-omened child" besides Ryomen Sukuna had ever possessed exceptional talent. She had sacrificed so much to obtain this vessel. If its talent was divided for that reason, what if it couldn't suppress Ryomen Sukuna?

At that thought, Kenjaku could no longer sit still.

"But..."

Jin Itadori was worried about his eight-months-pregnant wife. He was just about to say something when he sensed a chill in the air around him.

Meeting his wife's gaze, Jin Itadori faltered and didn't dare say another word.

Kenjaku glanced at Jin Itadori, then left with a smile that never reached his eyes.

Since he had decided to give birth in Sendai, he certainly hadn't come unprepared.

He had set up two laboratories here. Because the child he was going to bear was unusual, Kenjaku had even prepared a replacement body in advance in case anything unexpected happened.

The material used for the vessel was connected to Ryomen Sukuna in the first place. So far, nothing about it seemed particularly unusual, but what was this other thing that had suddenly appeared?

Kenjaku took the subway to his laboratory and ran a series of examinations on his body using various pieces of equipment.

The good news was that the children weren't identical twins. Aside from the vessel, the other child had a Heavenly Restriction with zero cursed energy. No wonder he hadn't noticed anything unusual about his body.

The bad news was that the two children were actually clinging to each other inside his belly. Kenjaku didn't dare cut himself open to remove the child with the Heavenly Restriction.

He was already eight months pregnant, and twins tended to arrive earlier than a normal single baby.

Kenjaku decided to endure it for another couple of days. He had put up with this vessel for so long already; a few more days wouldn't make much difference.

In any case, once he gave birth, he would dump the children on Itadori's grandfather. As for Jin Itadori, who had taken advantage of him, he would make sure that pink-haired man met his maker.

Kenjaku felt somewhat tired after examining his body. After taking over this body, his nerves had become linked to its senses.

Women experienced all sorts of physical discomfort late in pregnancy. Now his feet were swollen, his body had filled out, and his lower back ached terribly.

And this pregnancy-induced exhaustion wasn't something Reverse Cursed Technique could alleviate.

In a foul mood, Kenjaku headed home from the laboratory.

That man, Jin Itadori, had prepared a whole table of dishes and was waiting for him to return.

"Kaori~ Since you don't want to go out to celebrate, why don't we have something nice at home? I made all of this myself. It'll give you and the babies all the nutrients you need!"

Jin Itadori tried to give his wife a warm hug, but Kenjaku pushed him away without mercy.

"Sorry, Jin. I'm a little tired right now."

Kenjaku sat down at the dining table with a rather cold expression. After running around all day, he really was getting hungry.

Wasuke Itadori sat opposite Kenjaku. Seeing Kaori Itadori's attitude, he gave a cold snort but said nothing.

His son's hopelessness was nothing new. He couldn't even be bothered to talk sense into him anymore; it never did any good anyway.