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"That's precisely why you're worth two billion!"
Yuki Tsukumo sighed softly and said,
"When I first discovered that you were bound by 'Heavenly Restriction', I thoroughly examined your body, but found that your body was completely normal, and you also possessed an Innate Technique, which only Jujutsu Sorcerers have, and it was far more powerful than that of an ordinary person, even surpassing mine.
Following this line of thought, I guessed that your 'Heavenly Restriction' should be positive, but your body had absolutely no issues, and your physical abilities were even stronger than those of a Jujutsu Sorcerer reinforced with Cursed Energy.
If I hadn't repeatedly confirmed that there was indeed a Heavenly Restriction binding on you, I would have even doubted if I had made a mistake. To clarify this matter, when you were three years old, I took you to see someone I never wanted to see again in this lifetime.
Although that person is detestable, he knows more about jujutsu than anyone else. After I took you to him for examination, he indeed made some useful deductions about your condition."
"Who is that person? What deductions did he make about my body?" Naruto immediately asked after hearing Yuki Tsukumo's words.
"That person is called 'Tengen', probably the oldest existence in the world, and also a very disgusting person."
Yuki Tsukumo introduced the person named 'Tengen' with a very disgusted tone. Then a complex expression appeared on her face as she continued,
"Tengen made a deduction about your condition. He believed that your 'Heavenly Restriction' was different from previously appearing 'Heavenly Restrictions', belonging to a third form beyond 'body' and 'Cursed Energy'. He speculated that your 'Heavenly Restriction' should be binding the soul, and the feedback would be in both 'body' and 'Cursed Energy'.
Only this could explain why, while having 'Heavenly Restriction', both your body and Cursed Energy were stronger than ordinary people. However, I later found out that his deduction was wrong. It turns out he can make mistakes too, hehe!~" Yuki Tsukumo said with a sarcastic laugh.
"So what's the real situation?"
Naruto couldn't help but ask curiously after hearing Yuki Tsukumo's words,
"Since that Tengen's deduction was incorrect, what is my true situation?"
"Your true situation…"
Yuki Tsukumo stared at Naruto with a complex gaze for a while, then shook her head and said, "I can't tell you yet. When we get to Jujutsu High and meet the person who 'bought' you with money, I'll explain it to you."
In fact, when Yuki Tsukumo took Naruto to see Tengen back then, besides wanting to clarify his physical condition, there was another question, which was Naruto's 'existence'.
Naruto's mind matured earlier than that of an average child; Yuki Tsukumo had noticed this long ago. And her risky decision to take Naruto to see Tengen, besides wanting to confirm his 'Heavenly Restriction' situation, was also to use Tengen's experience to determine what kind of 'existence' Naruto truly was.
Initially, after Yuki Tsukumo discovered Naruto's 'precocity', she suspected whether he was some old monster reincarnated or something similar, as such things were not uncommon in the Jujutsu World. Tengen himself was an immortal Cursed Spirit who had lived for over a thousand years, and Naruto's 'mother' was also a Cursed Spirit in a human body—at least based on the information currently available.
After examining Naruto's condition, Tengen denied Yuki Tsukumo's idea, speculating that the 'precocity' might be related to his 'special Heavenly Restriction'.
Tengen believed that Naruto's 'Heavenly Restriction' should be accelerating the growth of his soul, making his soul mature faster than ordinary people, which is why the 'precocious' situation occurred.
Although Yuki Tsukumo later conducted a series of tests that proved Tengen's deduction was not accurate, it also put Yuki Tsukumo's mind at ease regarding Naruto's 'existence'.
As long as Naruto wasn't some 'old monster' reincarnated, it was no problem for her.
As for Naruto's problem, after multiple tests, Yuki Tsukumo finally confirmed the form of his 'Heavenly Restriction' with the help of a Jujutsu Sorcerer from an ancient tribe in Africa.
It turned out that Naruto's Heavenly Restriction was not the third form beyond 'body' and 'Cursed Energy' that Tengen had mentioned, but a purely positive Heavenly Restriction.
However, what Naruto's Heavenly Restriction sacrificed was not certain parts of his body, but his lifespan!
Naruto's 'Heavenly Restriction' allowed him to be born with Cursed Energy far stronger than that of an average Jujutsu Sorcerer, and that Cursed Energy would continue to grow stronger with his age.
But relatively, every bit of Cursed Energy Naruto gained would reduce his lifespan by a corresponding amount.
Not only that, while the increase in Cursed Energy had a significant impact on Naruto's lifespan, it wouldn't immediately kill him; at most, it would only shorten his life by some time.
The truly life-threatening aspect was that Yuki Tsukumo discovered that after Naruto's Cursed Energy was consumed, it would immediately replenish itself automatically, and this replenished Cursed Energy was also converted from his lifespan.
In other words, if Naruto were to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer, every bit of Cursed Energy he consumed would be at the expense of his own lifespan.
After Yuki Tsukumo understood Naruto's true situation, she began to find ways to curb the growth of his Cursed Energy. Finally, it took her several years to suppress the natural Cursed Energy growth in Naruto's body to the lowest limit, and for the past decade or so, she strictly forbade Naruto from touching anything related to Cursed Energy.
However, that method of suppressing Naruto's Cursed Energy growth began to weaken after he turned ten, or rather, his Cursed Energy growth had already exceeded the effect of the inhibitory seal. Furthermore, Yuki Tsukumo could no longer find any other way to curb the Cursed Energy growth in Naruto's body, so she could only bring him back to Japan to find a solution.
According to Yuki Tsukumo's estimation, if Naruto's Cursed Energy growth were left unchecked, his lifespan would only last until he was thirty at most before being completely depleted. That estimation was based on the assumption that Naruto's Cursed Energy growth would not experience another explosive surge like the one after he turned ten.
In fact, a few days ago, after Naruto celebrated his fifteenth birthday, the Cursed Energy growth in his body once again surged significantly, which is why Yuki Tsukumo hurriedly brought him back to Japan to seek a solution.
Back then, when Yuki Tsukumo took Naruto to see Tengen, that person developed a great interest in Naruto and even requested that Yuki Tsukumo hand Naruto over to him for 'research'.
At that time, Yuki Tsukumo had already raised Naruto for three years and had developed a very deep affection for him, so she naturally did not agree. She then took Naruto far overseas and also forbade him from returning, precisely to prevent Tengen from having any ideas about him.
Although Tengen is a Cursed Spirit, it holds a very special position in the Jujutsu World.
This time, bringing Naruto back, she would inevitably have to deal with Tengen again, and that person would definitely still have designs on Naruto. Given Tengen's influence, even if she was a Special Grade Sorcerer, she might not be able to stop Tengen's 'coveting' of Naruto.
Therefore, to prevent Tengen from coveting Naruto, Yuki Tsukumo, before returning, treated Naruto as merchandise and sold him to one of Japan's only two jujutsu educational institutions—Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical High School.
Because at that school, there was an existence that the entire Jujutsu World could not ignore.