Between Heaven and Earth, I Alone Am The One Squished Between Softies Chapter 18: Declaration as Head

(Kiryu’s POV)

I opened my eyes, "What the fuck?!" I said as I sat up while clutching my head, "Aggh...."

Sothing was wrong, my head was killing and my body was sore.

I got out of bed and walked towards the window of the hotel room, I could see sunlight shining through and hit in the face.

"What the..." I said as I rubbed my temple, "What happened?"

"Kiryu?" Uta said as I looked to see her crawling towards , "What’s wrong?"

"I..." I said, "Sothing happened...."

I closed my eyes and tried to think, trying to rember what happened. I felt sothing, like so sort of nail inside my head, scraping against my brain.

"Kiryu..." Uta said as she got out of bed and walked towards , "What is it?"

I rembered being attacked by a massive cursed spirit and exorcising it, but other than that, everything was hazy. I rember a blurred figure walking up to and flinging so sort of worm-like curse at before I could even do anything.

The mont I rembered that there was a piercing pain inside my brain, almost as if there was sothing inside it, draining . I could feel the cursed energy pulsating in it, it was unbearable. What was worse, was the fact that I couldn’t rember anything else besides that.

"I...shit...." I said as I rubbed my temple, "Sothing is in , inside my head....T-Take to Shoko...."

"Okay." She said rubbing my chest, "Are you feeling alright? What happened last night?"

I shook my head, "I can’t rember..." I said, "Sothing is inside, I can feel it."

"Just take to her, now."

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"What the hell was this doing inside your head, Kiryu?" Shoko said

We were at her infirmary in Jujutsu High, she had her lab coat on as she was taking off so rubber gloves and throwing them to the trashcan.

I looked at the table where there was a shriveled-up worm-like cursed spirit, it was long and grey, with a single mouth with serrated teeth.

I rubbed my bandage that was on my head, "I don’t know...." I said, "I don’t know what happened....I can’t rember...."

"Stop that." Utahi slapped my hand away from my bandaged head, "You’ll open it up."

"For so reason, this affected your Cursed Energy manipulation which includes your Reversed Cursed Technique." Shoko said as she took a knife and poked the worm, "But luckily for you, you acted quick and ca to . It looks like so sort of parasitic cursed spirt that was feeding on your brain’s Cursed Energy Output, affecting your mory."

I nodded, "Okay..." I said, "Why would soone do this?"

She looked at , "Depends on who did it." She said, "You and Satoru have made many enemies, it’s only normal for soone would make an attempt at your life."

As soon as she said that, I heard the prick speak up.

"That’s what you get for not keeping Infinity up!" Satoru said

I scowled, "I like you better when you’re quiet."

"Hehe~~!" He laughed, "But in all seriousness, this is the last thing we need.....an attack on the Head...."

Utahi looked at Satoru, "You got that right." She said crossing her arms, "Go and find whoever did this..."

I looked down at my hand, it felt a bit shaky.

"Whoever did this...." I said, "Must’ve had this planned. Albeit, it wasn’t that much of an elaborate plan. I feel like I do know who did this."

"Your mory might be hazy." Shoko said, "By the looks of this worm, it was ant to rapidly drain your power. These types of parasitic curses can easily drain a regular sorcerer’s Cursed Energy within minutes....My only question....who would be capable of using such a thing...."

"And it would be in a better condition if Kiryu’s Cursed Energy property didn’t fry it." Satoru said as he looked at it, "I can only imagine what it would’ve done if it didn’t."

I looked at it, "What can you get from it?" I said referring to his Six Eyes

"Not much now. Only that Shoko is right; it’s a pretty dangerous parasite that is also rare." He said, "I’ve only seen sothing like it years ago, but Nanami exorcised it. It was a bit bigger and less potent, though."

I crossed my arms, "I see...." I said, "Well fuck this...."

I stood up and wobbled a bit. As soon as I did this, Uta grabbed my arm.

"Be careful." She said, "We need you to rest."

"I’m fine." I said

"Yea, he’s fine." Satoru chuckled, "He ain’t weak like you."

I scowled at him, "From today on, Satoru, you speak to Utahi with respect." I said seriously

"Oh?" He said lifting his blindfold up and raising his eyebrow, "You’re doing it? Today?"

I nodded, "Yea." I said as I looked at Shoko, "Get changed, you’re coming with ."

She raised her eyebrow as well, "Where?"

I held Uta’s hand as I began to walk,

"The place you’ll call ho soon."

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"So there you have it." I said as I looked at the Gojo Clan Elders

We were in the eting room, a large traditional japanese room where I commune with the Elders. I was sitting at the end of the room as the geezers were sitting in front of . There were 4 Old n and 2 Old Won. They were the Elders, they acted as advisors and so handled Gojo Clan dealings such as businesses that funded the Clan while the others rely handled everything dostic such as whatever happens in the Estate and other properties the Clan owned.

I had just let them know of my decision.

"I don’t know...." One of the Male Elders said, "Your Father..."

"Forget what his Father said!" Granny Rukia snapped, "Kiryu is Head of The Clan. He makes the calls!"

"I must know, Young Master..." Another of the Male Elder said, "What happened to your head? Who wounded it? Did soone make an attempt at your life? Let know who!! I shall have our assassins dispatch of them imdiately."

I waved him off, "Don’t worry about it." I said, "Not now at least."

"Young Master, while I am not against this decision..." the third Male Elder spoke up, "I must say that I worry about the balance of the clan should you sire many children."

I waved him off again, "You’re old school, that’s all." I told him, "We’ll figure it out."

"He is right." Granny Rukia said, "It matters not! So long as the Young Master marries and produces Heirs, whether male or female, the bloodline must continue!"

"Hmm...." the first Male Elder said, "Well...."

"It is his decision." The third Male Elder said, "He is an adult and has made important decisions that steered the Clan’s Fate to the better path."

"Agreed." The Second Male Elder said, "Young Master Kiryu is a formidable leader. I don’t doubt it that he deserves happiness. But....Young Master! If you were to declare it as final! You must consummate the marriage with at least one of them and have her produce an Heir!! It’s the least she can do! Other than that, your wives will be free to do as you wish, as long as you allow them."

I stood up and crossed my arms, "Well, seems you took it better than I thought." I said, "Not like it mattered. Granny Setsuna!"

I looked at the oldest-looking elder, who sat next to Granny Rukia, she was writing down an official docunt on the scroll in front of her.

"It is already complete, Young Master." She said as her hands slightly trembled, "It is Declared: Lord Gojo Kiryu is to take Utahi Iori, Shoko Ieiri, i i, and Yuki Tsukomo as his Four Wives. Together, they will continue the Gojo line with his children."

I nodded, "Good." I said, "I’ll have Iori as the First Wife. She’ll bear my first child, that is final."

"Good." The Second Elder said, "I approve! Your child shall share your strength!"

I chuckled,

"You’re damn right."

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(Third Person POV)

Walking by the shadows that were cast by the trees, Geto and Jogo were speaking.

"So..?" Jogo said, "Are we gonna do it or not?"

Geto looked at him, "Do what?" He asked

"Kill Gojo Kiryu?" Jogo asked as he walked

"Don’t be absurd." Geto smiled, "That is an impossible mission. Worry not, it’s all taken care of. Lady Fortune was on my side, after all. He doesn’t keep his Neutral Infinity activated like Satoru....I implanted the Death-mory Leech."

"Ugghh..." Jogo frowned, "That nasty thing? Was it going to work?"

"It should." Geto said, "It was specially made for him. And when I said that Lady Fortunate was on my side....I ant it..."

He stopped and pulled his hands out of his sleeves, showing the nasty charred wound on his left arm.

"What the fuck?" Jogo widened his eye, "What happened to you?"

Geto chuckled, "Hehe, like the looks of it?" He asked, "Encountering him head-on was a ballsy move, I figured that appearing to him like this would catch him off guard, but it didn’t do much. Luckily, for a split second, I happened to be the quicker draw. The activation of his Innate Technique was a nano-second too late and the parasite hit him dead on."

He then turned around and put his hands back into his sleeves as Jogo stepped back and scratched his cheek.

"Hm..." Jogo said

"Still..." Geto said, "I moved at a trendous speed, faster than I ever have in a long ti.....He still grazed ."

"What is the leech gonna do?" Jogo asked, "If you say it’s specially made?"

"Well, normally those things are ant to suck the Cursed Energy out till the victim is dead." Geto explained, "But this one will make it so that he keeps away from Shibuya, a subtle but effective mind technique. I worked too hard on it for it not to work. He won’t notice it at all and I doubt he’ll warn Satoru of , considering I modified it so that he won’t rember my face."

"Quite the precaution..." Jogo said

"Taking the brute force approach on soone like Kiryu will not be ideal. We need him away from Shibuya when we seal Satoru." Geto said, "This is the best approach, and even if he figures it out, I have plan B that’ll keep him at bay."

"Like what?" Jogo asked

Geto smiled,

"I’ll use his won against him. The ones at his estate."