Chapter 90: The Moment of Reversal
"What a serious situation, Team Eikou seems to be heavily affected by Knight Roland.
"But the more urgent question is — how will they break through the encirclement of the French team…"
"But it seems Mochizuki Eikou already has an idea, undoing his belt, yanking Gawain's tie, what on earth is he doing? Can the three knights alone really break through the encirclement formed by more than a dozen French Servants?"
Inside the Simulation Room, Homeroom teacher Finn stared at the screen anxiously.
Eikou was clumsily removing Gawain's tie, making it completely impossible to guess what he was thinking.
"Alright."
Holding the belt and the tie in his hands, Eikou's eyes suddenly turned serious and sharp, he turned back to face Roland.
"Roland, perhaps you think that this humiliating appearance can give you a great advantage… but if you really think that way, then you are far too naïve!"
"What's so humiliating about this?" the other party asked doubtfully.
"…Why are you making it look like I'm the one with the problem here."
Eikou was sweating.
Continuing to waste words on this idiot was meaningless, it was better to quickly strike and finish it.
"Take this!"
Eikou suddenly lowered his body, then leapt up with force.
In the astonished eyes of everyone, he charged straight toward the bicycle of the Charlemagne Twelve Paladins.
"Oh oh, a shocking scene has occurred, contestant Mochizuki Eikou actually took the initiative to jump into the enemy's camp!
"What on earth does he intend to do, betrayal, or is he charging alone into the enemy formation, could it be that he only relies on a tie and a belt in his hands? What can that even do?"
[You hold a tie and a belt, and take the initiative to leap into the enemy's formation.]
"I want to tie Roland up with the tie and the belt!"
[To achieve this goal, you must pass a Hard Agility check, equivalent to rolling a Great Success.]
[Please perform a Hard Agility check!]
The dice fell.
[Check failed, your Agility is not enough to carry out the plan.]
Seeing the words "failed" appear in the text, Eikou was unwilling, pouting.
"I'll use one Encouragement Dice, I want to reroll!"
[You have consumed one Encouragement Dice, you now have five left.]
[Performing a reroll for you...]
[Check failed.]
"Damn it, one more time!"
Eikou couldn't believe it, could it be that he couldn't even handle a show-off like this.
[You have consumed one Encouragement Dice, you now have four left.]
[Performing a reroll for you...]
[Check failed!]
"..."
He immediately felt a little headache, raising a hand to rub his forehead.
"Do it again."
[Within one action turn, Encouragement Dice can only be used up to three times, this will be your final reroll.]
[You have consumed one Encouragement Dice, you now have three left.]
[Performing a reroll for you...]
[Check succeeded!]
"Finally, it worked!"
[With an unbelievably fast speed, before Roland could react you tied him up with the belt and tie, and even fastened a dead knot.]
[Immediately after, with the cooperation of Gawain and the others, you leapt back to your bicycle.]
"Perfect!"
Eikou's feet stood firmly on the bicycle seat, back in his team's formation.
The whole sequence of movements was smooth, finished in exactly ten seconds.
"You… what did you just do to me?"
Roland looked at himself doubtfully, in just an instant a tie and a belt had been added onto him.
"This is your idea, Sir?"
He looked at Eikou, wearing an overly confident smile,
"You want to help me wear more clothes, to reduce the level of interference I cause you, right? But unfortunately, my degree of exposure is too great, a single belt and tie absolutely cannot conceal me..."
As he said this, behind him came screams of agony and the sound of bicycles crashing one after another.
"What?!"
Roland turned his head in shock, completely stunned by the disastrous sight of a chain of bicycle crashes behind him.
Commentator Finn also saw this, and jumped up excitedly, shouting:
"My God, this is truly unbelievable! A catastrophic accident has just occurred behind the Twelve Paladins, the French contestants are falling one after another, the scene is truly hard to believe!"
"I think I understand now, I think I understand..."
"Mochizuki Eikou recklessly tied Roland up with a tie, at first glance it looked like he wanted to restore the opponent's image, to reduce the humiliation..."
"But the truth is completely the opposite, he actually tied up a naked muscular Western man with a tie and a belt — this instead turned into a kind of advanced humiliation game!"
"Professional, far too professional, I even begin to suspect that normally Eikou-kun often goes to those strange places!"
All the people watching the match in the waiting area simultaneously revealed solemn expressions, showing respect for the boy.
They all raised their thumbs up.
Mochizuki Eikou, this boy, is truly a game master (perverted game)!
"Even the French contestants who live with Roland every day could not endure such an unsightly sight, they couldn't help but cover their eyes, and that's what caused the large-scale bicycle overturning tragedy."
"All the front-row contestants of France Class have crashed, the entire formation collapsed, and not a single one survived."
"This is truly a magnificent and splendid counterattack, the encirclement meant to contain Team Eikou was completely destroyed by nothing more than a naked man wearing a tie!"
"To us, Britain Class, Mochizuki Eikou has become the reincarnation of Duke Arthur Wellesley, easily crushing Napoleon and his cohorts at the Battle of Waterloo. I, Fionn mac Cumhaill, am truly extremely proud of him!"
Finn-sensei, who had just spoken a long stream of words, wiped away nonexistent tears, exaggeratingly emotional.
"This is also thanks to me, always teaching my students well on a daily basis!"
"What strange play did you teach your students, you Englishman?!"
Napoleon was on the verge of losing his temper.
...
On the bicycle race field.
Roland's blue eyes widened, unable to believe the horrific and frightening scene behind him.
The elite front formation of France Class had been completely wiped out!
"Good, now the situation has completely reversed,"
Eikou grinned, baring his teeth,
"Your advantage is gone, now only your team remains in the front line, do you still intend to stand against us? In a duel, the Round Table Knights will absolutely not lose to the Charlemagne Twelve Paladins, do you want to give it a try?"
It took Roland a long time to regain his composure from the shock, and he carefully observed Eikou's face.
"Haha, I think I remember now, your name is Mochizuki Eikou, right? Truly an interesting opponent! Haven't we met somewhere before?"
"If you've watched the video of my haunted house, then we've met."
"Haunted house, what is that?"
Roland showed a puzzled expression, then burst out laughing:
"You give me… such a familiar feeling, like that of a close friend! Could it be that long, long ago, in some place, we already knew each other?"