Elaina's loss on the fast-paced song from the album "OVER 200" made it far to difficult to overcome the clear skill advantage on the finale song, whose name meant "cursed" in a forsign language. When Shalin saw the difficulty spread, she smiled, having some words to say about it when her friend was done competing. Ultimately, trying to play such a difficult chart the two had never seen before proved to be more conducive to JAITO's skill set, though Elaina still walked away with a tournament cash. "That'll be a nice check for you. Definitely pays for your badge and then some," she smiled.

When the Ultra Division finals played the brand new song, DES-TRACT's TROOPERS, Shalin grabbed the rail from a nearby machine and shadow-danced the routine. She lost her place in the twisty ending and almost certainly would have failed out. "Supposedly all these charts go live the day after the tournament."

The Master Division finals had the attention of the whole crowd. Not only would this be the finale of the most prestigious tournament of the year, but it would be the debut of the very first level 20 chart, the highest difficulty the game supported, in its history that was longer than Shalin was old. She was in sheer awe of the speed and technique required. The gap between 18s and 19s already felt insurmountable. Even the best in the world felt the need to bracket-mash their way through some of the chart's twistiest sections, and its extreme variation in scroll speed meant that players had to be good at reading patterns at both high and low speeds.

Ultimately, CHIKE ended up winning the finale, though neither player even cleared the song. The exhausted girl looked like she was going to faint just from watching it. She woozily tracked down Elaina. "We'll have to come back down here tomorrow to play all the new songs. But for now, I'm bushed. Let's go back to our hotel room. I kinda just... wanna crash."