Entrance Exam, Masamichi Yaga Controls Cursed Corpse

The bumpy ride finally came to an end, and they arrived at their destination: Tokyo Jujutsu High.

After getting out of the car, Satoru Gojo led Lin Mu and Itadori toward where the principal was.

"Lin Mu, Itadori, you'll be meeting with the principal next. This meeting will determine whether you can join Tokyo Jujutsu High."

"Especially you, Itadori. You'd better try your hardest, or you might be denied admission."

Itadori looked stunned. "Huh? Then wouldn't that mean I'll be sentenced to death immediately!?"

Lin Mu pondered to himself. He remembered that Itadori would next undergo a test from the principal, Masamichi Yaga.

It was mainly to confirm why Itadori was willing to sacrifice himself for such a righteous cause. After all, Sukuna, the King of Curses, was extremely dangerous. If the person housing him had evil intentions, the damage to society in the future would be incalculable!

But Lin Mu, who knew the plot, knew that Itadori would pass the principal's test without issue.

He just didn't know whether his own appearance would affect Itadori. Still, given Itadori's personality, nothing could shake his resolve.

So he would probably still pass.

Thinking of that, Lin Mu couldn't help wondering what kind of test the principal would have for him.

After all, Principal Yaga was a Grade 1 jujutsu sorcerer who possessed an exclusive technique for creating cursed corpses!

Though he had very few battle scenes, anyone who could become the principal of Tokyo Jujutsu High was undoubtedly strong.

As he pondered, an arrogant, overbearing voice rang out.

"What's this supposed to be? Aren't you the leader?"

A mouth appeared on Itadori's face. The one speaking was Sukuna inside him.

"Not ranking people by strength is so boring."

Itadori immediately covered the mouth on his face with his hand. "Sorry, he still pops out from time to time."

Satoru Gojo smiled faintly. "Your body really is interesting."

But covering the mouth on his face was useless. Sukuna's mouth appeared again, this time on the hand Itadori had used to cover his face.

"I still owe you one. Once I take over the brat's body, you'll be the first one I kill!"

"What an honor, to be remembered by Sukuna." Satoru Gojo paid it no mind.

After covering Sukuna's mouth again with his right hand, Itadori asked, "Is this guy famous?"

Lin Mu smiled to himself. "Of course he is."

Ryomen Sukuna was a fictional demon god with four arms and two faces.

Yet he had truly existed as a human, though that had been a thousand years ago.

During the golden age of jujutsu, all jujutsu sorcerers gathered their strength to challenge him, only to suffer a crushing defeat in the end!

Thus, he was named Sukuna. In life, he was the unmatched strongest, and even after death, the "death wax" passed down as cursed objects was indestructible!

He was, without question, the King of Curses!

By the time Lin Mu finished recalling Sukuna's history, Satoru Gojo had also finished explaining Sukuna's strength to Itadori.

After hearing it all, Itadori asked, "Who's stronger, him or you, Sensei?"

"Well, if Sukuna regains all his power, it might be a little troublesome."

Itadori asked, "Would you lose?"

Satoru Gojo gave an easy smile. "I'd win."

Lin Mu: "..."

Anyone who hadn't read the original would definitely think Satoru Gojo was the strongest, supreme above heaven and earth!

Sukuna's the strongest? What bullshit! Have you ever seen Lord Gojo? Bullshit!

Even if you were the strongest in ancient times, you still couldn't beat Lord Gojo! You hear me?!

But for Lin Mu, who had been thoroughly traumatized by the original work, hearing those words again only made him sigh wistfully.

For now, Lin Mu planned to avoid affecting the plot as much as possible and develop alongside Itadori.

But once he became strong enough, there would be no need to remain constrained by that.

With Madara Uchiha's strength, Lin Mu could act entirely according to his own wishes!

As for certain events that were destined to happen in the original, Lin Mu had more than enough ability to rewrite their endings with ease.

The wooden sliding door opened, and several candles struggled to illuminate the dim room.

A sturdy middle-aged man wearing sunglasses sat kneeling in the center. In stark contrast to his fierce appearance, all sorts of cute plush dolls were scattered beside him.

He was also skillfully sewing a new doll in his hands.

"You're too late, Gojo! Eight minutes late."

Satoru Gojo casually waved a hand and tossed out a few perfunctory excuses.

"This is Principal Masamichi Yaga," Satoru Gojo introduced him to Lin Mu and Itadori.

Lin Mu and Itadori's first reaction upon seeing the principal was surprisingly identical: "There's an old man making cute dolls!"

"Is that him?"

Masamichi Yaga asked, focused on the doll in his hands.

Although there were two new students present, Lin Mu knew the principal was asking about Itadori.

"My name is Yuji Itadori. My type is Jennifer Lawrence. Please take care of me!"

Lin Mu sighed inwardly. Who even asked you that?

Still, Lin Mu remembered that Itadori had become best friends with Todo because of that.

"Why did you come here?"

The grave, stern voice made Itadori stiffen as if he had been electrocuted.

"An interview?"

Masamichi Yaga asked, "And after that?"

"Learn jujutsu?"

Masamichi Yaga asked, "And after that? Once you understand curses and gain the ability to exorcise them, what will you do?"

Itadori paused slightly. "Collect Sukuna's fingers. Otherwise, a lot of people will get hurt because of them!"

"Why? Every day, countless people unrelated to you die in accidents and from illness. That is only natural."

"If they die because of curses, are you saying you can't just stand by and watch?"

Itadori snapped back, angered by the principal's aggressive tone.

"That was the last thing I heard from him. The details don't matter. I just want to save people."

Masamichi Yaga's voice turned disappointed. "Last words? Are you saying you intend to fight curses by following someone else's instructions?"

"Failed!"

A plump kappa doll beside him stood up under his control.

"This is a cursed corpse—a doll imbued with my curse. Once it hears the answer I want, it will not stop attacking!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the kappa cursed corpse charged forward, unleashing strength utterly disproportionate to its tiny body.

Itadori was blasted away by the strike and slammed heavily into a ceiling beam.

"As a jujutsu sorcerer, you will often deal with all kinds of cursed spirits. Death will be commonplace."

"That is why you need a certain degree of madness and an extremely positive mindset. Can you really do that just because someone else said so?"

Itadori sprang up and smashed his fist into the cursed corpse. "He's not just someone else—he's family!"

But because the cursed corpse was a doll, the blow did not deal any effective damage.

Instead, the cursed corpse used Itadori's force to ricochet back and forth across the room, growing faster and faster!

Watching from the side, Lin Mu instinctively activated his Sharingan and tracked the cursed corpse as it darted wildly around the room.

After all, Itadori would be followed by him for the assessment. He might end up facing this cursed corpse too.

There was no harm in learning its attack patterns beforehand.

What Lin Mu did not know was that beneath Satoru Gojo's black blindfold, eyes like a brilliant galaxy were observing his Sharingan.

"It's so fast, I can't see it at all!" The high-speed cursed corpse made it impossible for Itadori to lock onto its position.

Boom—

Using the ceiling beam, the cursed corpse instantly appeared behind Itadori and sent him flying with a heavy punch.

Having landed its blow, the cursed corpse smugly wiggled its backside, looking just like a mischievous child.

Principal Yaga continued his questioning. "If one day you are killed by a curse, will you place the blame on your grandfather?"

Itadori was visibly stunned by the question. "No..."

Boom—

The cursed corpse punched Itadori away again.

Masamichi Yaga said, "It is difficult to imagine your state of mind at the moment of death, but I am certain that when the time comes, you will curse your grandfather!"

"I'll ask you one last time: what do you intend to do by coming to Tokyo Jujutsu High?!"

At that moment, the cursed corpse leaped high into the air, its fist carrying terrifying force as it swung toward Itadori.

Enlightened by Principal Yaga's words, Itadori fell into thought.

"Ever since I was little, I've never lost a fight. But I never thought that was something only I could do."

"But swallowing Sukuna is something only I can do."

With that thought, Itadori's gaze hardened. His speed suddenly surged as he locked the cursed corpse tightly in a grappling hold.

"Only I can swallow Sukuna!"

"Even if I can avoid the death penalty, if I run away from this duty..."

"Whenever, in the course of my life, I remember that someone died because of Sukuna, could I still lie to myself and say it had nothing to do with me!?"

"Even though I don't know what I'll be like when I die."

"I don't want to regret the way I chose to live!"

After a brief silence, the principal spoke gently. "You pass."

Hearing that, Itadori let out a sigh of relief, and his grip on the cursed corpse loosened.

But the cursed corpse didn't care about that. The instant Itadori let his guard down, it swung a heavy punch at him.

Having landed the blow, the cursed corpse smugly wiggled its butt, mocking the Itadori it had sent flying.

"Sorry, I forgot to withdraw my cursed energy," the principal explained before turning his gaze toward Lin Mu.

Itadori could only stand off to the side, glaring resentfully at the kappa cursed corpse.

"Alright, you're next, Lin Mu, right?"

Lin Mu bowed at the standard angle he remembered. "That's me. Lin Mu."

"Gojo told me about your situation. This is the first time I've seen him take such an interest in a student."

"Do you have any clues about your background?"

Lin Mu knew that powerful cursed techniques and special abilities placed great importance on bloodlines.

The principal probably believed his abilities came from some ancient jujutsu family, and that he had awakened these eyes through some coincidence.

Lin Mu shook his head. He genuinely had no answer to that question.

Even after combing through the previous owner's memories, his parents had only been ordinary office workers, with nothing unusual about them.

"I see."

"It doesn't really matter. You won't need to go through all that trouble—if you can last one minute under the cursed corpse's attacks, you'll pass."

Masamichi Yaga raised one hand. As cursed energy flowed into it, the kappa cursed corpse became active once more.

But unlike with Itadori, Principal Yaga injected far less cursed energy this time.

Sukuna resided within Itadori. The harder Yaga hit him, the more clearly he could see Itadori's true thoughts.

But there was no need to do that with Lin Mu. He only needed to pass normally.

After all, he had only just obtained cursed energy. How strong could he possibly be?

Still, he was very curious. Just how special were Lin Mu's eyes, and how did they differ from Satoru Gojo's Six Eyes?

"Here I come!"

The kappa cursed corpse burst forward in an instant. Like an arrow loosed from a bow, its body became a black streak!