"A weekend exam, I think the school has gone crazy."
The lean, golden-haired young man with a three-seven part in his hair, dressed in the black Jujutsu High uniform, had an expression of intense displeasure, surrounded by a visibly low-pressure aura.
"Let this final assessment end quickly, I hate working overtime."
Yu Haibara briefly introduced Nanami Kento, his classmate, to Kenmyo Isayama.
He has a quarter Danish ancestry and transferred in mid-semester through Tokyo Jujutsu High's talent recruitment channel.
Most of the "new generation" from prominent families choose to study within their families, with few attending Jujutsu High. For example, Kenmyo Isayama's two older cousins, Isayama Mei and Isayama Yomi, did not attend Jujutsu High.
Therefore, Jujutsu High generally has two admission routes: either through an internal recommendation, similar to Kenmyo Isayama's situation, or by being discovered to possess Jujutsu talent. Generally, with the individual's consent, they can enroll, but sometimes it's normal for Jujutsu High to struggle with recruitment.
Nanami Kento, on a whim, came to Jujutsu High, but never expected the work of a Jujutsu Sorcerer to be far more arduous than he imagined.
He hadn't even graduated; just in his first year, he already resembled a "corporate slave."
"Although Nanami enrolled late, he's the strongest in our class."
It would take ordinary students over an hour to reach the final assessment, but Nanami Kento arrived in just half an hour, an incredibly high efficiency.
Yu Haibara suddenly felt his own good results weren't that impressive; he leaned his head on his hand on the railing, an expression of utter boredom on his face.
"Ah, ah, if the final assessment is just a Grade 3 Cursed Spirit, Nanami will finish it off in seconds."
Hearing Yu Haibara's praise, Kenmyo Isayama also developed a slight interest in him.
Someone not from the Jujutsu World possessing such high talent is quite rare.
Cursed Techniques that use Cursed Energy are generally innate to Jujutsu Sorcerer (and can be passed down through family bloodlines), so innate talent accounts for about 80% of a Jujutsu Sorcerer's strength.
To possess such strength right after enrollment, even before receiving systematic training, means that, just as Kenmyo Isayama praised Yu Haibara, he would possess the strength of a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer upon graduation.
However, Kenmyo Isayama could sense that the Cursed Spirit sealed in that container, serving as Nanami Kento's final assessment, was not a Grade 3 Cursed Spirit as Yu Haibara said, but a special Grade 2 Cursed Spirit.
If Kenmyo Isayama's sensitivity to Cursed Spirits hadn't recently increased, he might not have been able to accurately determine the grade of this Cursed Spirit.
Because something seemed to be interfering with this Cursed Spirit, lowering its danger level to a certain extent.
At this moment, in the chief examiner's office for this exam, two people seemed to be arguing.
"Bang!"
An angry, short-haired middle-aged man in black slammed his hand on the table, yelling at the person whose back was turned to him in a chair.
"Making a first-year student who just enrolled face a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit, that's too much!"
On the large screen next to them was Nanami Kento's assessment.
"Surely, Grade 2 Cursed Spirit assessments are only for second-year students, right?"
Originally, all first-year students were required to exorcise a Grade 3 Cursed Spirit for their final assessment. The strength of the Grade 3 Cursed Spirits would vary, with stronger ones assigned to "good students" and weaker ones to "poor students."
But now, Nanami Kento's assessment alone was a true Grade 2 Cursed Spirit.
"Yaga / Principal Yaga, is this why you're shouting in my office?"
The black-haired, short-haired middle-aged man was Yaga Masamichi / Masamichi Yaga, whom Mr. Akutabe had asked to allow Kenmyo Isayama to study at Tokyo Jujutsu High last time.
The Boss chair spun around to reveal an old man in a black suit, white-haired but looking arrogant, facing Yaga Masamichi / Masamichi Yaga with disdain.
"A Grade 2 Cursed Spirit? I had someone install a collar that restricts Cursed Energy output; what are you still worried about?"
"Students nowadays aren't that delicate. Which one of my generation didn't emerge from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood?"
"Heh, a nameless product from who-knows-where that can restrict a Cursed Spirit? I'll write my name backward if it does."
Yaga Masamichi / Masamichi Yaga was so angry he laughed, his expression turning extremely ugly and filled with contempt.
"You didn't take a kickback from them, did you?"
It's common for some organizations to commission Jujutsu High to test the performance of new products, but accidents easily occur due to them being prototypes.
"Yaga / Principal Yaga, you need to recognize your place."
He was practically accusing him of corruption; hearing the contempt in Yaga / Principal Yaga's words, the old man couldn't sit still and angrily slammed the table at Yaga / Principal Yaga.
"Don't forget, I'm the Principal now! What I say goes."
"Your appointment doesn't take effect until the end of August this year, so you have no right to demand any explanation from me."
"Old geezer."
Yaga / Principal Yaga cursed inwardly. It was clearly a time of transition between old and new power, yet this old man still refused to let go.
"But with Mei Mei watching, Nanami should be fine."
After Mei Mei suffered some unknown severe mental trauma last time, she had been recuperating at Jujutsu High. The scenery here is pleasant, and with the protection of Master Tengen's barrier, she wouldn't open her eyes to see anything strange.
"Miss Mei, are you feeling alright?"
Yu Haibara saw Mei Mei slowly walking over and immediately asked with concern.
"I'm much better, thank you."
Mei Mei's voice was quite hoarse, giving the illusion that she would soon pass away.
Upon hearing Yu Haibara's words, Kenmyo Isayama turned his head and saw a pale-faced older sister wearing a black cinched top paired with a black horse-face skirt. She didn't seem very old.
She looked somewhat familiar; her appearance and figure were remarkable, but her complexion truly dragged down her overall score significantly.
Her face was pale, and the heavy dark circles under her eyes gave her a sense of mental exhaustion, like a 007 corporate slave, walking like a zombie.
Yu Haibara quietly said to Kenmyo Isayama,
"That's Miss Mei Mei, a Supervisor at Jujutsu High. Her mind was injured during a mission last time, and she's been recuperating here."
Hearing his introduction, Kenmyo Isayama finally remembered: wasn't this that unlucky person?
Kenmyo Isayama himself didn't dare to look directly at Uncle Lan with his Spirit Eye, fearing it would burn out his brain.
This woman actually used crows to transmit images, which is equivalent to directly facing that horror. Truly, ignorance is bliss.
She didn't know what she had directly faced.
Fortunately, although crows have the largest brain capacity among birds, they still fall within the bird category. It took a few tenths of a second for the information to reach her after the crow's brain was fried; otherwise, she would definitely have become a vegetable.
At the same time, the monster sealed in the container was also released.
"It's actually a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit?"
Nanami Kento frowned.