Chapter 4: The Cognitive World Of Hell?

The date… It was April 13th. There's no year, but all I know is that it's April 13th. I woke up from my now hotel bed. I looked around. Nothing has changed. Then, I heard arguing outside. What the hell is going on out there?

I opened the door, it was Vaggie, but with some 4-armed… Drag Queen? He sounded Masculine, but very Feminine…

Vaggie walked away while flipping the bird. The 4-armed man turned to me.

"Hey hotshot." He said to me, "Working here?"

"No." I replied, "I'm living here."

"You might as well get a job here."

"I'll think about it."

"That's the stuff. By the way, my name's Angel Dust."

"...Ren Amamiya."

"Ren what now?"

"Just call me Ren. I'm Japanese."

"Oh, ok, how'd ya die?"

"An ace detective shot me in the head when I was interrogated."

"Interrogated? Shit, whatcha getting interrogated for?"

"...I'm the leader of a group called… The Phantom Thieves."

Angel Dust laughed a bit.

"The Phantom Thieves?" He said, "What is that, a hacking group or something? Hilarious!"

"Great…" Ren said,

"Well, I might as well let ya go. I got shit to do here."

"Alright. See ya."

"Toodles."

Many months later…

I was continued to be interrogated by Bernie Dovmain.

"So, you're staying at the Hazbin Hotel?" He asked me, "And that Charlie girl… She owns it… So much for being the daughter of Lucifer Morningstar."

Lucifer…

"All she does is try to make Hell a better place." Bernie continued, "She's nowhere like her parents."

Bernie sighed.

"And then there's her girlfriend." He continued, "She's a worker at that hotel as well… Which will then fall into your 1st victim of these psychotic breakdowns and mental shutdowns here…"

Bernie then got out a photo of someone.

"Charlie's now girlfriend used to date this girl." He said, "Velvette of The VVVOverlords. This was your 1st target on… Stealing the hearts of rotten adults"

Bernie then gave me a look.

"I don't know what the hell you're trying to do." He said as he banged the table, "Changing the hearts of demons that committed these sins in a place like Hell? What are you trying to accomplish?!"

"...Justice." I replied,

"...Justice?" Bernie wondered as he bamged the table again. "What justice do you even speak of?!"

I was silent. Bernie sighed again.

"So… Overlord Velvette." He said, "Tell me how it happened. The scandals she has on attacking anyone through the media. Tell me everything that has happened."

Back to the present moment.

I walked out of the Happy Hotel… I remembered Alastor telling me that this place is actually called The Hazbin Hotel… Charlie wanted it to be named The Happy Hotel to make it sound innocent. These demons are strange…

I got my stuff ready to head out to find a job. Angel Dust recently wanted me to find a job to make money. I got out my phone and I noticed something surprising. This app… The Metaverse app, it's back… Is the Cognitive World… Real down here?

I was walking around to see some girl with red and gray hair. Her ponytails are huge. I forgot to mention that most of the female demons I see down here have their hair very long. I watched her. She was smiling viciously. What's she doing?

"Hey, new down here?" A Masculine voice asked me.

I turned to see a rabbit demon. He had red hair and had his arms crossed.

"Yeah…" I replied,

"Lars Rabash." He said, "I'm from Lust."

"Ren Amamiya. …Pride?"

"Yup, this is Pride."

Lars sighed as he looked at the woman with the long ponytails.

"Ugh, Overlord Velvette." He said,

"Hit." The Metaverse app said,

"She's a member of The VVVOverlords. Or Triple V Overlords."

"Hit."

"She used to have a girlfriend, but she dumped her after becoming so into internet fame."

"Hit."

"...She's so famous that she could have a mansion big enough for just her ego!"

"Hit."

"Ok, why the fuck does your phone keep saying hit?! I don't want to fuck her! She's not attractive in my eyes!"

"Results found."

"Oh…" I said as I surprisingly have the Metaverse app out. It was in English instead of Japanese.

Lars looked at the app.

"Huh?" He wonders, "Why the fuck does it have those words that I said? Velvette, Overlord, Dumping girls for internet fame, Mansion? And why did it say that results were found?"

"Oh, well–" I said before being interrupted,

"-Tell me later. Here, you hungry? Let's get some breakfast."

"Alright."

I followed Lars. Where are we going? Are we lost?

"No, I couldn't swear that I went there before to go to that café." He said, "It's right near that place the Overlords went to, in order to hide during Extermination Day."

"Huh?" I wonder,

"Oh, right, you're still new here, huh?"

"I am, but–"

"-Doesn't matter, I'll show you the… ropes…"

Me and Lars saw a big mansion. This is weird… Are we in the Cognitive World?

"Looks like… This is the Cognitive World." I replied as I got my memories back a little bit.

"Wh-What the fuck are you talking about, Ren?!" Lars shouted, "Surely this was that place Velvette and her asshole buddies went to during Extermination Day!"

"Let's check it out. I think I might remember something else."

"Remember what?! Hey, wait up!"

We both went into the mansion. It seems that Hell also has a Cognitive World here…