NOISZ STΔRLIVHT/Story/Chapter 5.I

Chapter 5.I
Level Requirements
41 41 41 41
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.

Note that if you replay this chapter after reaching the credits of NOISZ STΔRLIVHT, 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 you want to redo your choices (Difficulty lamps will not reset, but songs will need to be unlocked again). After confirming your choices, this scene will not play again.

Characters

Story

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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'll need to be well-hidden after killing Gaius Antiphon, though promises they'll be taken care of. Producer refuses, telling Beyond she wants to see them do their best as idols and will support them as their producer until the end. 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 admits that she's 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 the unknown speaker 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 she knows the past she has been shown differs from reality. She states that what they've been shown is 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, stating their name is Arietta, that STΔRLIVHT is dead, and that this is punishment for her 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

Beyond notes this is the point where it all begins, and the moment they will always return to. She asks if that is why the unknown speaker has returned here, as the final cycle will have to begin soon, noting they now understand what lies beyond here is falsehood. The speaker protests, but Beyond interrupts them, telling them it's up to her to conclude what events were true, and that it isn't their place to question what they see.

The speaker asks why she didn't put them on the right path if she already knows what is and isn't true. Beyond states it was a long, painstaking process bringing the speaker back, and that if she dies again, they will not have the luxury of bringing her back; every piece of truth they uncover brings them closer to the end, and now they stand at a crossroad, where Beyond wishes to ensure the truth they die for is genuine.

The speaker asks why they would want to die for her truth, to which Beyond notes that she can feel the glimmer of her "original" self, the one who agreed to this plan, pushing her on the path to fulfill the promise she had made. The speaker admits they feel compelled to continue, but fears what lies ahead outside of the endless cycles.

Beyond admits they have been cruel to the unknown speaker, and that someday they may all pay for their sins, but there isn't time for that now. She then asks them if the choices they made were truly the ones they made back then.

Selecting "It was" prompts Beyond to ask again, warning there is no going back once they swear it to be real. Selecting "Yes" again prompts Beyond to note they'll need to make preparations for the final cycle, but that she'll begin as soon as she can, and encourages the speaker to find the truth with her.

Selecting "It wasn't" will prompt Beyond to say there is still time to start again, but asks the speaker to take it seriously this time. Selecting "Yes" again will prompt Beyond to tell the speaker to show her their one true reality.

Drops

• Song: ANNIHILATOR
• Ashes x200

After clearing, Hakuno's STΔRLIVHT STΔGE gets a +100 PW bonus.

Locking in your choices after completing Chapter 6 will unlock True Heroes.

Song

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

NOISZ STΔRLIVHT Story Navigation
Chapter 4.IV	Chapter 5.I	Chapter 5.II
False Timeline Ch 0 Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3 Ch 4 Ch 5 Ch 6 0.I 1.I 2.I 3.I 4.I 5.I 6.I 0.II 1.II 2.II 3.II 4.II 5.II 6.II 0.III 1.III 2.III 3.III 4.III 5.III DE 0.IV 1.IV 2.IV 3.IV 4.IV 5.IV
True Heroes Ch 5 Ch VS Ch 6 5.I VS Prelude 6.I -1.I VS.1 6.II 5.II VS.2 6.III -1.II VS.3 6.IV 5.III VS.4 -1.III VS Postlude 5.IV -1.IV