Blood Earned

As a Tailed Beast, Hachama was still in her juvenile form.

Mimi began testing Hachama's abilities. Aside from mind-reading, there was another ability that needed no testing.

Hachama could reproduce by devouring life.

Therefore, whether Mimi understood the exact principle behind transforming into a Tailed Beast was no longer that important.

As for how large she could reproduce, as a swarm-type Tailed Beast, Hachama was composed of multiple individuals. Unlike ordinary independent Tailed Beasts, she was not limited by the individual maximum imposed by the Sage of Six Paths. In theory, she could reproduce infinitely and grow without limit.

Under Mimi's control, Hachama rose into the air and pierced straight through the thick rock, like an intangible Phantom.

She still retained the Death Soul Butterfly's intangible characteristic, which also meant that ordinary defensive measures could not stop her advance.

After Hachama made a circuit, Mimi had her return for the next test.

Transformation.

Chakra could take any shape. The fact that Hachama maintained this form was the result of her subconscious: subconsciously becoming the most familiar Kikaichū, and subconsciously forming Mimi's human appearance.

The next moment, one blue-glowing butterfly after another took flight under Mimi's will, circling around her.

Although she was beautiful, she brought death.

The swarm of Butterflies flew through six Grass Hidden shinobi. In an instant, all six collapsed, like dolls whose souls had been removed.

The signs of life were still present, but they were already dead. As time passed, their bodily functions would stop one by one.

This was the Death Soul Butterfly's ability. Their souls—in other words, their Mental Energy—were rapidly stripped away by Hachama in that instant.

Right after that, the swarm changed. Under Hachama's own will, it pounced back toward the corpses, transformed into a dense swarm of Insects, and crawled all