Ponto blinked. Then, he grinned.

The special was shot live from the Tokyo Dome. Half the stage was Ponto’s chaotic, handmade set—wooden spoons, falling laundry, and a tiny shrine. The other half was a 360-degree LED screen depicting a stormy cyberpunk canyon.

Howling Void tried to maintain his cool. “Pathetic. I will delete your—"

Ponto groaned, his round belly jiggling. “Not another collaboration. Last time you paired me with that hip-hop pelican from Fukuoka, he ate my microphone.”