The concert venue had been set up within the bay, with Luffy and the others standing on a viewing platform rising above the sea.
At some point, fog had suddenly spread across the island, dimming the venue somewhat.
Tap!
A beam of light suddenly lit up from the stage, followed by an ethereal, melodious voice.
"The New Era is the future~~"
Tap! Tap! Tap!
Beams of light lit up one after another, converging toward the center of the stage.
A young girl in a pure white minidress and a red-and-white hooded sweatshirt appeared before the eyes of the crowd.
Her hair was distinctly divided down the middle, red on one side and white on the other, tied into two bundles behind her head like rabbit ears.
Uta lowered the brim of her hood and strode toward the front of the stage on fair legs amid the dazzling lights.
"—Whoa!"
"Uta!"
"It's starting!"
The audience members who had waited so long could no longer sit still, and cheers rang out through the vast venue.
The moment the first note was sung, the entire stage seemed to come alive.
In an instant, joyous and passionate lights shone in every direction, while the mist blanketing the venue was swept away. The blue sea and clear sky remained beneath a boundless expanse of sunshine.
Ding—ding—ding!
A crisp rhythm rang out like the notes of dancing sprites.
Standing beneath multicolored spotlights, Uta raised a hand and pointed around the audience, one hand on her hip as she stomped her foot and nodded to the beat.
"Everything troublesome—everything hateful—disappear~~"
"Change together with this world, music~~"
Her cheerful singing was like birdsong, her ethereal voice echoing through the venue like an angel's voice from another world.
As Uta sang, colorful bubbles and musical notes gradually began to