"Halloween?"
Realizing that her ability had no effect whatsoever on the human before her, Cosmo seemed to recognize that he might be a Devil Hunter or something of the sort.
But while she was still hesitating over whether to unleash her "ultimate move," Asaba Kotone had already circled behind her with astonishing physical speed, pinned her hands behind her back, and successfully subdued her.
"Halloween! Halloween!"
Cosmo shouted Halloween, her face angry as she tried to resist.
But Asaba Kotone was simply too strong. Although Cosmo was the Cosmos Fiend, her physical abilities were barely any different from an ordinary person's, and she could not break free of his hold at all.
"Come to think of it, I've always been pretty curious. Is Halloween the only thing you can say?"
Asaba Kotone asked casually.
His guess was that Cosmo had also been affected by her own ability, leaving her unable to say anything except Halloween, but with her consciousness intact. She could only speak normally within her own mental world.
Naturally, Cosmo could not answer Asaba Kotone, and she was entirely focused on resisting.
"Stop struggling pointlessly. Behave yourself, and I can still keep you alive."
Asaba Kotone's voice turned slightly cold as he tried to make Cosmo behave.
But Cosmo was hardly going to obey so easily. If Asaba Kotone had not known about her, he might have thought she could not understand human speech.
"Why are you so disobedient? Forget it. I'll take you back first."
Holding Cosmo captive, Asaba Kotone prepared to take her back to the Public Safety building.
When Asaba Kotone returned to her side, Quanxi said, "Your skills really are quite good."
Receiving that kind of assessment from Quanxi, whose Taijutsu was the strongest, also showed just how formidable Asaba Kotone's Taijutsu had already