Part 2

—Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla. Final answer.

Huh? There’s no way it’d be such a stupid name…

<The scientific name for the western lowland gorilla is—Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla! Too bad! Two contestants have been eliminated!>

You’re kidding…!?

By the way, the scientific name for the gorilla as a species is Gorilla Gorilla¹. Hehe, this is why studying is important.

Amazing…!

<This is the Animal Quiz Championship with a 100 million yen grand prize! The final round will be—after this commercial break!>

…What’s with all the fuss in here. I could hear you from outside.

Liguang! Do you know the scientific name for the western lowland gorilla? I bet you don’t!

…Why does it matter?

Hah! You don’t know! I guess it’s up to yours truly to enlighten you! It’s—

…Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla.

What the… Are you an animal quiz king too…!?

…Hm? Hey Renga. The commercial you did with Raito and Muneuji is on TV right now.

Ah… it’s already being aired?

<Hiya every-mon~! Are you all ready for Bittamon’s Dance Time-mon?>

<Let’s puru together~ppuru~☆>

<Time to dance-poi~!>

Uh…?

Hey, idiot! No one told you to look!

(This guy will definitely make fun of me if he finds out I’m “Bittamon”...!)

…So this is the strange dance I’ve been seeing a lot recently.

Huh…?

Linxing was dancing it at home too.

Oh Renga, you didn’t know? This commercial has been making quite the buzz on social media.

Really…?

The recent trend is to record a shorts of yourself imitating the dance under the “#BittamonDanceTime” tag. And apparently, kindergarten shows have started using it as their exclusive choreo too.

S-So it’s really that popular… I’m glad I did my best while wearing the costume…

It suits you.

Well, of course! I can even make a mascot costume look good…

But wait, is this good for my image…!? Is this really alright!?

Don’t worry, it’ll be fine. The number of amusement park visitors has increased dramatically thanks to the positive reception to the commercial, and it seems really popular with children too.

It’s also helped raise awareness of HAMA’s Ward Mayors, so you really did a good job, Renga.

…R-Really?

Well… I guess this means even a costume can’t hide my talent and aura…!

(I guess what Kafka said was true. All sorts of people are posting themselves dancing the Bittamon Dance everyday.)

(I can’t help but come out and watch them when I’m free. It looks like everyone’s having so much fun dancing!)

Dance, dance, dance-mon…♪

Ahhhh! It’s Bittamon—-—!!!!

Huh!?

Big bro, you’re Bittamon, right!?

You have to be Bittamon!

You were just singing!

That’s just ‘cause I listened to the song too much and it was stuck in my head…no, wait! You can’t just surround people like that…!

Let’s dance together, Bittamon!!

I-In this kinda place—

(Now that the commercial filming is over, my work with the amusement park is done. I’m not Bittamon anymore.)

(But…even so, is it alright for me to ruin “Bittamon’s” image?)

Bittamon… You don’t wanna dance?

I won’t…—-

Just kidding-mon♪

So, every-mon~! Are you all ready for Bittamon’s Dance Time-mon!?

!! Yeah-mon!

Mommy! I wanna dance with Bittamon too!

Oh dear, then maybe mommy should join in too.

(M-More people came!? Damn it, I guess there’s no backing down now!)

—Mu, music, co-mon~!! Dance♪ Dance♪ It’s a dance-mon…♪

It’s a dance-moooooooooooooon!!!!

Ehehehe, this is so much fun, Bittamon!

When everyone dances together it’s the most fun in the world-mon! Let’s all dance like crazy-mon till the sun comes up-mon!!

Dance like crazy-mon!

(Everyone looks like they’re having so much fun dancing. It’s a bit embarrassing to admit, but… I’m kinda happy.)

(...but…)

(Does this mean the image of Bittamon will follow Renga Nishizono for the rest of his life…!?)