Naoya's words made Takako Uro look up at once.
The most powerful woman...
She repeated his words to herself, unable to stop her imagination from running wild.
Takako Uro had made a pact with Kenjaku for more than a second life. She had another important dream.
She wanted power and status. She wanted control over her own life!
During her time with Fujiwara's Sun, Moon, and Stars Squad, she had been nothing but a tool, an assassin who hadn't even deserved a name.
Even "Takako Uro" had been a temporary name Fujiwara gave her before making her a scapegoat.
From then on, Takako Uro had wanted to rise above her station and become someone important in Jujutsu Society—perhaps even the whole country.
But she knew it was only a fantasy.
No one knew better than she did how rotten Jujutsu Society was. Even having Special Grade strength wouldn't help.
What good was being able to fight? In that world, connections and backing were what mattered.
Of the four original Special Grade fighters in Jujutsu Society, only Satoru Gojo, Head of the Family of the Gojo Clan, had held a position at Jujutsu Headquarters.
Granted, the others hadn't wanted to work with those rotten higher-ups, but their backgrounds had also played a major part.
Without someone to sponsor her, Takako Uro could never enter the heart of Jujutsu Society.
Unless she could challenge all of Jujutsu Society alone, an outsider like her would never reach a position of power.
Even challenging all of Jujutsu Society alone might not be enough.
Those rotten higher-ups wouldn't stop bullying someone just because she was strong.
If fear of death could make them stop bullying people, they'd be complete pushovers!
Those higher-ups had dominated Jujutsu Society for years. They might not have the guts to