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Yaga Masamichi stared at Naruto for a while, then sighed inwardly: I hope this personality is more reliable.
The two Special Grades he himself had taught, though exceptionally talented in their youth, were also problematic children with very difficult personalities, and one of them later "fell" and became a Cursed User.
The one Satoru Gojo taught had a very good temper, but his personality was too easily manipulated.
On the other side;
Naruto felt Yaga Masamichi's gaze, met his eyes, then his gaze swept over the "dolls" beside him, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
From those "dolls," he sensed some unusual aura.
It was very strange; Naruto had noticed from the beginning that the "dolls" beside Yaga Masamichi were not right, but he initially thought they were just puppets or something similar. Now, after careful sensing, he realized those "dolls" did not seem to be puppets at all, but rather resembled living beings existing in some special form.
"Oh, you noticed?"
Yaga Masamichi keenly caught the change in Naruto's gaze when he looked at the 'dolls' beside him, then raised his hand to point at one of the 'dolls' beside him, smiling as he said,
"These are not merely dolls, but Cursed Dolls infused with souls—Cursed Corpses."
After speaking, Yaga Masamichi snapped his fingers, and the next moment, several 'dolls' beside him immediately came to life, and each assumed a combat stance towards Naruto.
"These Cursed Corpses are the content of the assessment you are about to undergo!"
Yaga Masamichi / Masamichi Yaga pushed up his sunglasses and said with a smile,
"Defeat them, and you pass the assessment!"
"Cursed Corpses?"
Naruto heard Yaga Masamichi 's words, thoughtfully stared at the various 'Cursed Corpses' for a while, then suddenly asked,
"Those Cursed Corpses—do they have souls?"
Naruto had never had a clear concept of the form and existence of 'souls,' but for some reason, from the 'Cursed Corpses' beside Yaga Masamichi, he seemed to distinctly feel the existence of 'souls.'
That feeling, he had never experienced even from Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki within his original body in the real world, and his intuition told Naruto that what he felt from those Cursed Corpses was indeed souls.
"??!"
Yaga Masamichi heard Naruto's words, first froze for a moment, then stared at him in surprise, asking in return,
"What did you just say?"
"I said, do those Cursed Corpses beside you have souls?"
Naruto pointed at the Cursed Corpses next to Yaga Masamichi and said word by word,
"I feel the presence of human souls inside those Cursed Corpses. Did you seal them in there?"
"You can feel it?"
Yaga Masamichi heard Naruto's words, the surprise in his eyes turning to shock, and he asked somewhat incredulously
, "You can feel the souls in the Cursed Corpses?"
"That's right!"
Naruto nodded affirmatively, then looked at the Cursed Corpses beside Yaga Masamichi and said with a confused expression,
"I can feel it. They are very confused and seem—incomplete? What exactly is going on?"
"To think—"
Yaga Masamichi heard Naruto's words, the shock in his eyes deepened, and he opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to explain something, but then suddenly fell silent.
The 'Cursed Corpses' created by Yaga Masamichi / Masamichi Yaga were publicly explained as non-living beings that could act autonomously after being imbued with Cursed Energy, with a 'core' inside similar to a human heart. If the core was destroyed, they would lose their ability to move.
But the truth was that the 'core' of a Cursed Corpse was composed of three 'soul intelligences' that could observe each other, and the mutual stimulation of these souls could even give birth to an entirely new soul.
The so-called 'soul intelligences' were actually soul fragments, and the soul born from the mutual stimulation of three soul fragments was equivalent to a soul created out of thin air—a completely independent and whole soul.
Although this possibility was very low, it had truly happened.
In addition, Yaga Masamichi's ability could also allow the souls of deceased individuals to revive within the Cursed Corpses he created, and they could even retain their memories from before death.
Creating souls, resurrecting the dead—both were forbidden abilities that touched upon the realm of gods.
It was precisely because of this ability, which touched upon a forbidden domain, that Yaga Masamichi was initially rated as Special Grade by the higher-ups of the Jujutsu World.
Although Yaga Masamichi refused the designation and explained that it was merely an accident, he still couldn't avoid being coveted. The higher-ups of the Jujutsu World had tried more than once to make him teach them his method of creating Cursed Corpses, but Yaga Masamichi always refused.
If it were just Yaga Masamichi himself, he certainly wouldn't have had the ability to refuse.
But fortunately, he had a student, the 'Strongest Jujutsu Sorcerer,' protecting him. Because of Satoru Gojo's existence, those who coveted his ability did not dare to lay a hand on him—at least not openly.
Getting back to the main point;
Yaga Masamichi also knew that his ability touched upon taboo, so he no longer dared to openly create Cursed Corpses that might cause another 'accident.' Thus, the Cursed Corpses he currently had only contained some rapidly dissipating soul fragments.
Such soul fragments were generally undetectable; only a very few individuals with special talents could perceive them.
Yaga Masamichi / Masamichi Yaga himself was a person with this talent, and it was precisely this talent that gave him the ability to touch upon the taboo.
Now it seemed that the young man brought by Yuki Tsukumo also possessed the same ability as him, and perhaps even stronger.
If it were in the past, Yaga Masamichi / Masamichi Yaga would have been overjoyed to meet a young man with the same talent as himself and would have happily trained him as his successor.
But now, he no longer wished for his ability to be passed down.
Thinking this way;
Yaga Masamichi's gaze towards Naruto suddenly softened, then he said with a serious expression,
"Young man, you are mistaken; the Cursed Corpses I create are non-living Cursed Tools that can act autonomously after being imbued with Cursed Energy. Their driving core is merely Cursed Energy; there are no such things as souls."
"But—"
Naruto tried to say something else, but Yaga Masamichi directly interrupted him,
"No buts. The test begins now—start!"
With Yaga Masamichi's command, the Cursed Corpses beside him immediately launched an attack towards Naruto.
Seeing this, Naruto could only close his mouth and begin to deal with Yaga Masamichi's 'test.'
Mere Cursed Corpses, of course, were no match for Naruto.
Even without Cursed Energy, Naruto could easily deal with them.
But this entrance examination was testing Naruto's Cursed Energy strength, so when Naruto used the 'Technique'(Rasengan) in front of Yaga Masamichi, Yaga Masamichi was so startled that he immediately called off the test.
As for the result—it was certainly a pass.
Yaga Masamichi personally handled Naruto's enrollment procedures, and then, together with Yuki Tsukumo, jointly submitted a recommendation for Naruto's Jujutsu Sorcerer rating to the higher-ups of Jujutsu High. The recommended grade in the letter was—Special Grade!