"Okay, okay~ I'll listen to whatever Quanxi-sama says~ So, Quanxi-sama, since I'm so obedient, do you want to reward me with some donuts~?"
Cosmo said in her sweet voice, intimately hugging Quanxi's other arm and rubbing hard against her chest like a spoiled kitten.
"Hmm, I'll give you donuts when we go back,"
Quanxi stroked Cosmo's head.
"Blood!"
"Hmm, I'll reward you when we go back too, and let you drink my blood."
"…"
"I'll reward you when we go back too, don't worry."
Quanxi touched Dragon's and Stitched Girl's heads respectively. Her usual expressionless face finally showed subtle changes. Although the changes weren't big, they were enough to reveal the doting tenderness in her eyes.
Renji, in the taxi, opened his mouth, wanting to ask Quanxi how she understood a single word as strange as "blood."
And Stitched Girl was even more exaggerated—she didn't even speak, just looked at Quanxi normally, but Quanxi could still understand. It felt like there was some abstract element mixed in.
But he held back and didn't ask.
"Halloween! Halloween!"
At that moment, behind Quanxi, Cosmo—who had been staring at Renji—suddenly seemed to be triggered by something, her emotions becoming unusually agitated.
She stepped past Quanxi, pointed directly at Renji in the car, and began repeating incessantly:
"Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!!!"
Every word was filled with uncontrollable excitement.
Seeing that Quanxi didn't react for a long time, Cosmo tightly grabbed her hand. She vigorously shook Quanxi's arm, causing Cosmo to fling Power aside.
Cosmo kept signaling for Quanxi to look at Renji, and as her emotions escalated, an unnatural blush began to appear on her face.
Renji felt a little nervous about being pointed at, suspecting Cosmo might have discovered his true male identity. After all, Cosmo was a Cosmic Devil.
Her abilities came from her special consciousness space—like a vast library containing all the knowledge in the universe.
Cosmo's power was to inject all the knowledge of the universe into others' consciousness. Those who received this knowledge would not be able to think of anything but "Halloween." Their minds would crash, and they would usually only repeat "Halloween," unable to do anything else.
However, Cosmo could speak normally within her own consciousness world and remained unaffected by "Halloween," moving freely.
Renji suspected that Cosmo had sensed something odd about him, possibly consulted knowledge within her consciousness space, and discovered the truth.
"Halloween! Halloween!! Halloween!!!"
Cosmo was still shouting excitedly, her finger constantly pointing at Renji, pulling Quanxi's hand insistently.
Renji felt it necessary to explain. Just as he was about to open his mouth, Quanxi moved.
In an instant, she picked Cosmo up in a princess carry.
Then, Quanxi bent her legs slightly, pushed off with force, and leapt upward like an arrow released from a bowstring. In the blink of an eye, she landed steadily on the rooftop of a nearby building.
"Renji, remember what I just said. From now on, there will be no more entanglements or connections between us. No matter what happens in the future, do not try to find me again."
"Otherwise—"
Quanxi looked at Renji expressionlessly and said coldly:
"I'll kill you."
After speaking, she hugged Cosmo tightly, turned, and disappeared from Renji's sight.
Seeing this, Renji hurriedly opened the car door and rushed out, shouting in the direction Quanxi had left.
"Hey! What about this taxi?"
"The taxi? Consider it a gift~ We stole it anyway~ Alright, that's it~ You must remember what Quanxi-sama just told you~ Otherwise, you might be killed~"
Cosmo, standing nearby, waved at Renji with a smile as she spoke, then leaped onto the rooftop as well.
In a few bounds, she disappeared without a trace.
"Blood!"
"…"
Dragon and Stitched Girl quickly followed, vanishing into the night.
Suddenly, only Renji was left standing blankly in the alley alongside the abandoned taxi.
Renji turned to look at the vehicle, then at the driver's seat.
"I can't drive. What do I do?"
"Halloween! Halloween!! Halloween!!!"
Cosmo, still in Quanxi's arms, began to struggle. Seeing this, Quanxi landed on a building and set her down.
"What's wrong, Quanxi-sama?"
At that moment, Cosmo and the others quickly caught up, landing steadily nearby. Power looked on in confusion and asked, puzzled.
Quanxi gazed at Cosmo, sighed, and slowly said:
"Cosmo, if you want to speak now, then speak."
Hearing this, Cosmo's eyes instantly lit up. She asked "Halloween?" again, confused. Seeing Quanxi nod, she then took a deep breath.
Then she half-squatted, clenched her fists at her waist, and struck a classic pose—like Son Goku performing a Kamehameha in Dragon Ball.
She shouted loudly:
"Hal—low—ween!!!"
The moment Cosmo shouted this, everyone's consciousness began to blur.
When they came to their senses again, their consciousness had been stripped from their bodies and brought into a vast, endless library.
The library was incredibly vast, with bookshelves soaring into the clouds—neatly arranged, layer upon layer, extending endlessly. The top of the library was not a ceiling, but a dazzling starry sky with meteors streaking across it.
This was Cosmo's consciousness space—the interior of the Cosmic Library. Her face was filled with uncontrollable excitement, and her left eye, with its heart-shaped pupil, glowed brightly.
"Quanxi-sama! That person is a man! That man named Renji! His true identity is a man!"
Quanxi hadn't reacted yet, but the other three Devils were already in a frenzy.
"Eh… Eh?! A man?! Is that really true?!"
"Blood?!!!"
"!"
Cosmo was ecstatic. She pulled down a book from the nearest bookshelf—one that contained content from her previous life. It chronicled her days in Hell, along with various flashbacks and fragmented memories.
She opened it and began to read. The more she read, the more rapid her breathing became, and her chest began to heave with intensity.
"Yes… that's right! As long as we can snatch that man—Hell! When we return to Hell in our next life—we'll have a say! We… we will have the right to negotiate with those primordial Devils! We can even… even command them! Make them our subordinates!"
"Blood!!!"
The four Devils immediately burst into jubilant revelry. But amid their excitement, Cosmo was the first to regain composure. She suddenly thought of an important doubt and asked with a puzzled look:
"But… but Cosmo, how… how are you so sure that person named Renji is a man?"
Cosmo's face flushed. She looked at Quanxi, visibly flustered.
"Um… um… Quanxi-sama… please allow me to prove it… may I?"
Quanxi remained expressionless. She didn't respond in words, only clenched her fists.
After a long silence, she slowly relaxed her grip, then closed her eyes and nodded.
Cosmo removed her shorts, revealing white panties embroidered with a green Christmas tree pattern on the front. She pinched the corners of the panties and slowly pulled them down, revealing a small white tiger.
Bending over, Cosmo let the panties slide down her smooth legs. She lifted each small foot one by one, removing the garment completely.
Then she held the four corners of the panties between her index fingers and thumbs, stretching them wide open, presenting them to the other three Devils.
The center of the panties was visibly darker than the surrounding fabric—slightly soaked by the rising tide—creating gentle wrinkles. Since they had just been taken off, they still radiated a faint warmth.
"Our state inside the library is exactly the same as our state outside. This is my current physical condition outside."
"Cosmo… you… if you do that…"
Cosmo appeared slightly worried. Her eyes instinctively drifted toward Quanxi, who was leaning against a bookshelf, smoking with a cold, unreadable expression.
Yet Cosmo could see it—Quanxi's fingers holding the cigarette, or rather, her entire arm, was trembling ever so slightly.
Was it anger?
Or… some other emotion?
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