English Translation:

A quiet prison corridor… heavy footsteps echo through the hall.

Inside a dark cell sits Masamichi Yaga, the former principal of Tokyo Jujutsu High.
He is imprisoned… and the reason is standing right beside him.

A small cursed corpse.

Someone observing the scene asks a simple question.

“What exactly is that creature?”

Another sorcerer begins explaining the problem.

Normally, cursed corpse manipulation works in a very limited way.
The puppets can move on their own… but they rely on a sorcerer’s cursed energy to function.

But what Yaga created is different.

Completely different.

His creation can restore its own cursed energy.
It can function independently without a master constantly supplying power.

That discovery changed everything.

Because if this technique is understood… it could create an entire army of autonomous cursed corpses.

That is why the higher-ups classified Yaga as a Special Grade threat.

And that is why he is now facing execution.

The sorcerer outside the cell asks him directly.

“Tell us the truth. Do you actually know how these cursed corpses are made?”

Yaga remains calm.

He simply answers yes.

The scene shifts slightly.

Yaga is sitting beside a small cursed corpse named Takeru.
The puppet speaks with an innocent voice.

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“Masamichi… everyone is worried about you.”

Yaga gently pats the puppet’s head.

Takeru says he came to cheer him up.

Yaga smiles faintly.

“You really are a genius.”

But then his voice becomes quieter.

“I’m sorry, Takeru. I might not be able to visit for a long time.”

The puppet asks if Yaga is leaving for another business trip.

Yaga nods.

“Yes. This one might take a while.”

Still, he reassures the puppet.

Tengen is protecting the forest.
And someday… his mother will come back to see him.

Even without Yaga, everything will be alright.

Yaga slowly walks toward the hidden exit of the forest.

Behind him, the cursed corpses speak again.

“Masamichi… we will feel lonely without you.”

Meanwhile, somewhere else, a rope suddenly snaps.

That rope had been restraining Panda.

The one who cut it was Atsuya Kusakabe.

Kusakabe tells Panda something important.

“Do not tell anyone that I helped you.”

The authorities had captured Panda only to lure Yaga out.

But Kusakabe owes Yaga a personal debt.

Another flashback appears.

Kusakabe once visited Yaga with a young girl.

Yaga examined the cursed corpse carefully.

He then told Kusakabe the truth.

“This is not your real nephew.”

The puppet only carries the information and memories of the boy who died.

Kusakabe understands that.

But he also explains the situation.

If he keeps mourning his dead nephew forever… he will never move forward.

His younger sister cannot handle the loss either.

She needs Takeru.

To her… the puppet is still her son.

Takeru looks at Yaga and asks a simple question.

“That woman… she is my mother, right?”

Yaga answers honestly.

“Yes.”

The puppet proudly says the same thing again.

“I knew it. I really am a genius.”

Kusakabe’s real nephew used to say the exact same words.

At that moment, Kusakabe’s sister rushes forward.

She hugs Takeru tightly.

Tears fill her eyes.

Later, Kusakabe apologizes to Yaga.

He knows he cannot reveal the existence of cursed corpses to the public.

Because of that… his sister cannot openly live with Takeru.

Yaga stops him from apologizing.

Instead, he says something unexpected.

“Thank you. Truly… thank you.”

The memory fades.

Back in the present, another sorcerer approaches Yaga.

He notices that Yaga is walking alone.

“Where are your cursed corpses, Principal Yaga?”

Yaga calmly answers.

“I’m going to see my son.”

The sorcerer gives him one final offer.

There is only one way to delay his execution.

Reveal the method of creating a living cursed corpse.

Tell them now… and his life might be spared.

Yaga simply sighs.

Since Satoru Gojo was sealed away, the higher-ups have become extremely confident.

Too confident.

Then another figure arrives.

The principal of Kyoto Jujutsu High.

Yoshinobu Gakuganji.

Without hesitation, Gakuganji attacks.

The other sorcerer offers to handle the execution himself.

But Gakuganji proceeds with the order.

Yaga collapses, badly injured.

With his final strength, he begins explaining the secret.

First, information from the body.

Then information from the soul.

Both must be copied.

Next, that information must be placed inside a cursed corpse core.

But one core alone is not enough.

Three separate cores must be created.

All three must exist inside the same body.

Then something unusual happens.

The cores begin observing and interacting with each other.

Over time, they stabilize.

When that balance is achieved… a true soul is born.

And with it… a new ego.

After about three months, the cursed corpse will begin producing its own cursed energy.

A completely independent life form.

Gakuganji listens in silence.

Finally he asks one question.

“Why tell me this now?”

If Yaga had revealed this earlier… his execution could have been delayed.

Yaga smiles faintly.

“This is a curse, Principal Gakuganji.”

“A curse that I am passing on to you.”

At that moment, Panda finally arrives.

He sees Yaga lying on the ground.

“Masamichi…”

Gakuganji prepares to fight.

But Panda does not attack.

Instead, Panda walks past him… heading straight toward Yaga.

Gakuganji is confused.

“You are not going to fight me?”

“Do you not hate me?”

Panda answers calmly.

“Do not compare me to humans.”

Pandas do not think like humans.

From Panda’s perspective, Gakuganji was simply following orders.

Like a knife falling from the sky.

A dangerous force… but not a personal enemy.

Still, Panda says one final thing.

“At least remember this.”

“Pandas… cry too.”

Later, a quiet scene appears.

Several moths circle around a single light.

One moth flies too close.

It touches the flame… and burns away instantly.

That moth carries the name of Masamichi Yaga.

And just like that… his story ends.

But the curse he left behind…

will continue to live on.