Yoshimasa thought to turn his newly created lifeforms against the strangers. And as he did so, his creations instantly leaped into motion. Everything he had given life to moved like they were his own hands and feet.

...

“Did you kill Yoshimasa?”

“Yeah. When I killed the crowd, he died too.”

“But when you killed Tachibana, the bugs didn’t die, did they?” she asked, remembering their old classmate. Back then, Yogiri had only killed the offender directly, the one actually giving the instructions. This time it was different, however, as the crowd attacking them had been a significantly more unified entity. Yogiri had felt that Yoshimasa and the mob were one and the same.

-Volume 6 pages 38 and 41