Mimi's Terror

First was the Byakugan girl who had been frightened unconscious by Mimi. The child's name was Hinata Hitomi. As a member of the renowned Hyuga clan, her foundation in taijutsu was not weak. Although her personality was somewhat timid, she was not lacking in determination and had always worked hard to remain among the top students.

Besides that, the girl was a member of the Branch Family. She had started attending school with bandages around her head one day, and from that day onward, she had worked even harder. Yet she still could not close the distance between herself and Tsunade.

She was just like a little bird yearning for freedom, desperately beating its wings inside a cage.

The other girl was called Uchiha Osamu.

The girl was not very noticeable in class. Unlike the usual proud and arrogant Uchiha, she was overly quiet by nature. She normally kept a low profile in class, clearly possessing strength yet never standing out. Although she was cute, she was almost completely transparent.

She was not intentionally hiding her abilities. It was simply the result of her personality. Compared with the slightly childish Tsunade, Osamu was far too mature.

Based on her performance, she currently ranked in the middle of the class. Yet during physical education, she always looked completely at ease and did not even break a sweat.

Compared with Jiraiya, who had fought with all his might for this position and ended up looking like a dead dog, she was obviously more than a little stronger.

Mimi noticed her simply because of her name.

If nothing unexpected happened, this girl would become the strongest female ninja in the history of the Uchiha clan, the ruthless figure who developed the forbidden technique Izanami.

Mimi felt that this girl was like a firework. If she did not bloom now, then once she did, she would certainly dazzle everyone.

The other students of their year were all very ordinary people in Mimi's eyes.

As for Mimi herself, she remained among the top students. In cultural studies, she ranked first. The things in the books were far too simple, and she could take first place just by filling in the answers casually. However, she knew her own situation best. She could maintain this ranking for now because she had already learned this material, but once the studies became more advanced, it was hard to say whether she could keep it.

As for the physical tests, maintaining her current results was not difficult now that she had mastered Chakra. But Mimi knew that her talent in taijutsu was extremely limited, or rather, that her natural aptitude was limited. She had clearly felt this when it took her nearly half a year to complete Water Walking and Tree Climbing.

Therefore, because she had started studying in advance, her progress was more than half a year ahead of most of her peers.

Compared with famous clans like the Senju, she had merely started from the same line and held no advantage.

Besides, more than half of her energy was spent cultivating insects. As time passed, it was only natural for those who came later to catch up with or even surpass her.

While everyone else was seriously attending class, Mimi devoted most of her attention to the insects on the other side, making her daily observations. Therefore, she would not find it strange if the others left her far behind.

Mimi was usually taciturn, and because of this, she also looked somewhat gloomy and dull. Her attention was diverted for long periods, so most of the time, she appeared to others to be daydreaming.

Because her mask hid her face, only the teachers had discovered that Mimi was slacking off during class.

But after all this time, it had also resulted in Mimi and Tsunade not exchanging a single word.

Because Mimi had never taken the initiative to speak to her, proud Tsunade decided not to pay Mimi any attention either.

But every time, after giving her all, Tsunade would flash Mimi a contemptuous smile.

Mimi had no expression worth mentioning. She was too lazy to bother with such childish antics, and even if she had shown an expression, Tsunade would not have been able to see it.

After the usual ten-kilometer run during class that day, Mimi prepared to rest alone in the corner as usual.

Her hard work had paid off. Some insects had successfully completed their mating flight and were now building nests and laying eggs. The experiment had reached a crucial moment, requiring her constant observation day and night. The reduction in rest time had left Mimi in terrible mental condition.

Twenty-four hours a day felt completely insufficient. Whenever she reached this point, Mimi would unconsciously develop a craving for the Shadow Clone Technique.

Sometimes, she would think about it. If she made a clone and had it work while she rested, with her body sleeping for eight hours and the clone working for eight hours, would that not amount to no loss at all?

One would work for a day while the other slept for a day. Every time she woke up, they could switch. The exhausted original body would immediately go back to sleep while the clone continued working.

She could sleep and work at the same time. Would that not make her an all-day, tireless perpetual-motion machine?

In theory, it should be feasible.

However, that was only speculation. Once she actually tried it, there would probably be plenty of pitfalls.

She had no time to think nonsense right now.

The strain on her physical strength was twice as difficult for Mimi to endure. The feeling of running long-distance after staying up all night was simply too exquisite in the worst possible way. She had to seize every spare moment to rest.

But fate did not go her way.

"Everyone, assemble. We're going to conduct a test."

Ogawa-sensei shouted at the top of his lungs. After attracting everyone's attention, he continued.

"Unlike the previous quizzes, this test will be a battle. It will be used to evaluate everyone's overall abilities. Students who rank near the bottom, don't be nervous. You still have time and opportunities to keep working hard and improve."

As he spoke, Ogawa-sensei distributed the testing weapons to everyone, who were lining up noisily.

The unopened kunai felt somewhat heavy in her hand. It was Mimi's first time holding one.

At the same time, in the Hokage Building, the Third Hokage looked at the crystal before him and used the Telescope Technique.

Almost instinctively, the Kikaichū, which fed on Chakra, sensitively noticed that some inexplicable Chakra had appeared in the air and began stirring inside Mimi's body.

Noticing this Chakra, Mimi felt confused. Who has so much free time to secretly watch a bunch of rookies pecking at each other?

Her eyes swept over the surroundings without revealing anything. There were no unusual Pheromones in the air, and nothing abnormal had been found nearby. Could it be an ultra-long-range technique?

"Everyone, choose your own opponent."

"Princess Tsunade, you lead the way and choose an opponent."

With her pretty, adorable appearance, excellent grades, and lofty status, Ogawa always thought of Tsunade first whenever anything happened.

Tsunade stepped out from the crowd and looked at everyone. Some of those who met her eyes guiltily looked away.

In everyone's eyes, Tsunade was adorable, but she was no ordinary reckless girl.

After running such a long distance, she was not even out of breath.

Even more outrageous, she had lapped the last-place student three full times.

As expected of the bloodline of the Senju and Uzumaki clans, her physique could only be described as monstrous.

Every time she passed Hiruko, the boy looked as if he were about to cry, gritting his teeth and struggling desperately. Anyone could see how much he was suffering, but the foolish Tsunade completely lacked a girl's gentleness and showed no mercy as she passed him.

Thinking carefully about how Hiruko later became the way he did, no matter how one looked at it, it was Tsunade's fault.

Without the slightest hesitation, Tsunade looked directly at Mimi.

Tsunade did not disdain bullying the weak.

But if it was someone who ignored her and made her furious, then there could be an exception.

As a princess, Tsunade had the right to be willful.

"Come out. You don't intend to hide from me forever, do you, Aburame Mimi?"

With her hands on her hips, golden hair tied in a heroic high ponytail, the proud little princess looked spirited, confident, and dashing.

She still had a little baby fat, though.

"I'm dying of laughter. You're really good at imagining things. I just can't be bothered with you."

Although she said she was dying of laughter, Mimi showed no sign of amusement. Her tone was as cold as ever as she walked out of the crowd and stood opposite Tsunade.

The smell of gunpowder filled the entire field from the very beginning.

"I've wanted to teach you a lesson for a long time. That look of yours, as if you look down on everyone, is infuriating."

She did not say that she simply had never found the opportunity.

Baring her teeth, Tsunade made an excessively adorable ferocious grin. Her small fists clenched so tightly that her knuckles crackled.

Of course, Mimi did not want to be struck even once by those seemingly tiny fists. The boys in class, especially Jiraiya, had repeatedly proven how frightening they were.

"I'm dying of laughter. I wasn't even looking at you."

Mimi replied casually.

Upon hearing this, Tsunade took a deep breath, the veins on her forehead throbbing violently.

What a huge forehead.

"Big Forehead."

Mimi said it easily.

When it came to making girls hate her, Mimi had once been a professional.

"You!" Tsunade was utterly enraged, her teeth grinding loudly.

"I'm definitely going to beat you sky-high, you disgusting bug girl!"

"You two, form the Opposition Seal! Remember, you're classmates, not enemies."

"Competition comes first, but you can't throw away your friendship either."

Ogawa-sensei tried to smooth things over from the side.

Generally speaking, he happened to be absent whenever Tsunade beat someone up. This woman was not stupid.

Tsunade glared coldly at Mimi, suppressing her anger.

Mimi looked back at Tsunade as well. Her expression could not be seen beneath her mask, but Tsunade hoped she was angry. Otherwise, she would not have said such mutually hurtful things.

Those words had no effect on Mimi at all.

But Mimi also did not intend to continue exchanging such meaningless nonsense with Tsunade.

"Sensei, aren't you going to announce the start?"

"Begin!"

After the command was given, neither of them moved. They continued facing each other on the spot.

Tsunade could not determine Mimi's depth and planned to observe Mimi's methods first.

Mimi simply did not want to move. She was already exhausted, so she wanted to end this quickly.

She raised one hand, and her wide sleeve pointed toward Tsunade.

It did not look like an attacking motion, and she had not formed any hand seals. By ordinary reasoning, even the Aburame clan needed to form seals to control insects.

Tsunade was certain that she had not misunderstood this point during her studies.

"Do you really know how terrifying an insect swarm can be?"

The instant she finished speaking, the swarm went berserk.

Like smoke and rain, like rainwater surging backward, they poured from Mimi's sleeves, hood, pant legs, and every part of her body. They flew out in a frenzy, blotting out the sky and covering the earth. A dense, black mass hung heavily above Mimi's head like dark clouds pressing down, gathering without dispersing and slowly churning with an ominous air.

The light within several hundred meters dimmed beneath the swarm's cover, and the darkness became oppressive.

At this moment, Mimi slowly raised her hand and casually formed a seal in front of her chest with one hand.

"Sa, come and experience my terror."

The terrified screams of the girls and boys rose and fell outside the field.

Farther away, the Third Hokage rose from his chair in shock. This was absolutely not the performance of a first-year Ninja Academy Student. It would have been remarkable even if she graduated on the spot.

As for Tsunade in the field, directly facing the enormous swarm, her hands and feet began to sweat, and goosebumps rose all over her body.

On a physiological level, every part of her screamed in discomfort. Her heart pounded, and she was already completely numb.

Before Tsunade could react, the swarm surged forward with a roar, instantly engulfing her as she turned and ran.

Without any visible movement, Tsunade collapsed to the ground with no ability to resist, pitifully crying out and struggling amid the swarm. Her screams rang across the entire field.

Everyone watching swallowed hard in unison as they stared at Tsunade. She soon stopped moving, and her cries gradually fell silent.

"Stop it, Mimi!"

"Sensei, I know my limits."

As she spoke, Mimi called the swarm back. The insects surged into her body, as if the scene before had merely been an illusion.

On the field, Tsunade stared blankly at the sky. Her chest still rose and fell slightly, and drool hung from the corner of her mouth. She looked completely broken.

She had merely been drained of too much Chakra and weakened.

There was no other serious problem. Mimi had not bitten her.

"The winner is Aburame Mimi."

"How weak."

Mimi murmured those words before returning to the line. As everyone watched her approach, they began to stir involuntarily. Along the direction Mimi walked, they consciously made way for her.

It seemed they had already experienced true terror.

Even the boys absolutely did not want Mimi's insects crawling all over their bodies.