NOISZ STΔRLIVHT/Story/Chapter 5.I

Release date: November 19, 2022

> *STΔRLIVHT and SUNRaiSE enter a high-stakes competition. As both groups prepare, Hakuno finds her reason to be an idol.*
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Note that if you replay this chapter after reaching the credits of False Timeline, Chapter 6 Dead End, the scene after the battle will be changed. You will be able to lock in the choices made in the previous chapters that will carry over as certain outcomes in the story of True Heroes. You can also decide to reset the story back to Chapter 1.I if redoing choices is desired (Difficulty lamps will not reset, but songs and Forge of Antiphon will need to be unlocked again). After confirming your choices, this scene will not play again.

# Story

* Pre CH 6
* Post CH 6

Shion talks about the Clash of Twilight in the Bakeneko office with Asuka and Hikari - a competition between SUNRaiSE and STΔRLIVHT where the loser is forced to disband - and expresses doubt, despite having been told to do it by Yashiro. Asuka and Hikari urge her to go through with it, and thinking of her resolve to do anything to get Hakuno back, even if it means crushing her dreams, decides to go through with it.

Later on, Asuka and Hikari visit Sera in the STΔRLIVHT office, and tell her STΔRLIVHT needs to win the competition in order to force SUNRaiSE to disband and thus release Yashiro's control over Shion. Adding to this, they remind STΔRLIVHT that they won't go easy either, and urge them to step up their game in order to win.

In the next scene, Beyond urges Producer to get STΔRLIVHT to enter the competition and lose, however, citing the growth data: combined with Noise Beast incident rates, she says the time for the final battle is drawing near, and that they need to be well-hidden in order to kill Gaius Antiphon, and cannot remain in the public eye much longer. Producer refuses, and tells Beyond she'll instead urge the group to do their best at the competition as idols rather than tools of Antiphon. Beyond shrugs it off as a minor setback, telling Producer they can find some other way to handle it instead.

Some time later, STΔRLIVHT practice their new intense routines for the tour leading up to the Clash of Twilight as Sera becomes more demanding with her management. She has no criticism for Hakuno, however, who states she has finally found her reason to be an idol: being strong enough to do something for Shion. A Noise Beast appears in the studio, and Hakuno defeats it.

in the next scene, Beyond states to an unclear person that this is "the moment we'll always have to return to" as data interference grows stronger and the concept of truth is lost; that neither the equipment nor the person she is addressing is defective, but that the person she is addressing is the one hiding the truth of how it all ends.

The unknown speaker insists there's nothing left to hide, and that there's no point to further interrogation, pleading to be let go once more. Beyond refuses, stating that the past she has been shown differs from reality. She notes that it's a recreation meant to jog the unknown speaker's memory - and that when it ends, reality will catch up with them: the reality that their life ended two years ago. She insists once more the speaker stop lying to themselves. The speaker replies, and states their name is Arietta, that STΔRLIVHT is dead, that this is punishment for the speaker's betrayal of them.

Beyond tells them there aren't many cycles left, and asks them once more to tell her the truth.

*After the battle, the scene after alters to what's normally shown where the player can choose to lock in all the choices they've made in the previous chapters that will affect the story of True Heroes or restart back to Chapter 1.I to redo their choices in the story. This scene will not show up again once you've confirmed your choices*

the scene cuts to Beyond stating to unclear person that
# Drops

* Song: ANNIHILATOR
* Ashes x200

# Song

Chapter 5.I's song is ANNIHILATOR, as Hakuno in her STΔRLIVHT STΔGE style.