Chapter 179: Holy Grail War of Netorare: Married Woman Is the Best in the World, Gotta Cuckolding All Beta Husbands
[You and Yu Ji have had a frank conversation, and your team has become more determined.]
[You sense that the relationship between the two of you has also grown a little closer.]
[The two of you quickly returned to the board game club on the second floor of the shopping mall, which is also where the first round of the Holy Grail War is being held.]
[But upon returning, you were shocked by the tremendous change in this place.]
[This should have been a board game club, but now it had been transformed into the school setting of "Love Sleeping 2 Royal Edition".]
[Just as Servant Mochizuki had said, in this Holy Grail War based on a dating game, he had acted, successfully using "Love Sleeping 2" to corrupt this Singularity…]
Together with Yu Ji, they returned to the second floor of the shopping mall.
What met their eyes was an old school brimming with the atmosphere of youthful love.
This was supposed to be the Holy Grail War's competition area, yet it had now turned into the second floor of the old school from Love Sleeping.
"What on earth is going on…?"
Yu Ji stared in astonishment at the scene that had just changed style.
"Aren't we supposed to be competing in the board game club inside the mall? Why did it suddenly turn into a school the moment we came back?"
"Uh… well, this is…"
Eikou was a bit tongue-tied, finding it hard to explain clearly.
Because Servant Mochizuki had only told him what would happen next, but exactly how it would happen, where the other players had gone, that guy hadn't revealed a single word.
The degree of Love Sleeping 2's invasion of the Singularity truly surpassed his imagination.
It not only broke the rhythm of this Holy Grail War, it even directly affected every aspect of the Singularity.
The old school itself had even turned into pixel-style game graphics.
Eikou could even see the game's UI interface, listing each character's personal information and attribute bars.
"Kouhai, what is this pink gauge above my head?"
Yu Ji, puzzled, pointed to the string of numbers over her own head.
"What is Servant Value, what is Happiness Value? I only changed clothes and came back, why did so many new things suddenly appear? What am I supposed to do to raise these stats?"
"Probably… stuff like affection or mood bars, I'm not really sure either…"
Eikou's face reddened slightly as he answered vaguely.
Good grief, this game inherited everything it should—and everything it shouldn't!
No matter how long he looked, he still couldn't figure out what exactly had happened: the scene had transformed, the competitors and even the guide had disappeared, and even Kriemhild's whereabouts were unknown.
He suddenly thought of a way to quickly grasp the situation.
"I want to activate the skill, Instinct B."
A die rolled.
[Result is E, Instinct great success.]
[By observing the traces at the scene and adding Servant Mochizuki's words, you use your extraordinary intuition to deduce what actually happened.]
[After you and Yu Ji temporarily left, Medb and Brynhildr—two lone Servants—quickly attacked this place.]
[Not only did they completely ignore the core rules, they also created an entirely new set of Holy Grail War rules, transforming the Holy Grail War venue into the setting of the game Love Sleeping 2.]
[Everyone has disappeared; even Finn—as judge and MC—may well be dead.]
[You reasonably deduce that they are either hiding or have been turned into NPCs in the game. Kriemhild has probably gone missing for the same reason.]
[If that's the case, what you must do next is already very clear…]
[You can follow the traditional Holy Grail War rules: eliminate all the other participants—if Mochizuki's team is the last one standing, you will be considered victorious.]
[Or you can follow the method of Love Sleeping 2: defeat or conquer the wives in Love Sleeping 2, and that will also count as victory.]
"So that's how it is…"
Eikou nodded in understanding.
Defeat the other opponents, or conquer other men's wives—fulfill either condition and you win.
"If it were the old me, I definitely would've chosen the first victory condition. I'd rather fight to the death with others and take down every opponent than get mixed up with married women."
"Married women, they're truly terrifying."
"But now the situation is different…"
Eikou's eyes suddenly sharpened.
"I've been tormented in Love Sleeping 2 for so long, every day logging in only to be tortured half to death by those married women—and it was all because of that meddling Servant Mochizuki."
"Now that he's gone, I can finally break the chains and throw myself completely into a conquest of those wives."
"Now is the time to hunt wives, the time for cuckolding that belongs to me alone!"
Yu Ji, standing beside him, could only stare wide-eyed. "I honestly have no idea what you're talking about… but whatever. You don't have an evil bone in your body, so stop pretending to be a villain."
"I already told you, don't call me a virgin!"
"I didn't even say that this time. You're way too sensitive!"
"Hmph!"
Eikou shook his head in defiance, firmly resolved to shatter that fixed impression and play the role of a degenerate blond delinquent, ready to mind-break every married woman.
"Senpai, the Eikou you once knew is dead. Standing before you now… is Mochizuki Eikou·X·Alter!"
"That sounds even more childish," Yu Ji said irritably.
[It seems you intend to pursue the second victory condition of the Holy Grail War.]
[You embark on an adventure to catch other men's wives, battling them while challenging three married-woman gym leaders. This is the league known as Holy Grail War of Netorare: Married Woman Is the Best in the World, Gotta Cuckolding All Beta Husbands.]
[For various reasons, you missed the chance to choose the original three wives: Berserker Kriemhild, Lancer Brynhildr, and Rider Medb. But luckily, one wife remains to choose…]
[That is the Assassin widow —Yu Ji— who has advantage over Rider but is countered by Caster.]
[She will become your first teammate on this journey, so work hard to catch them all!]
"What kind of narration is this?!"
So after Servant Mochizuki's restrictions were lifted, this game really turned into a Pokémon-style "gotta catch 'em all"?
Why did my future self choose this game of all things? What a bizarre taste!
It must be Tristan's fault—umu—definitely Tristan's!
Anyway, the objective was now crystal clear:
Explore the old school building, either defeat everyone or conquer other men's wives!
[You stride quickly forward, stepping into the school grounds with Yu Ji.]
[But no sooner have you entered the hallway of the old school building than a deduction window pops up with a check notification.]
[Please perform a Luck check to determine how many squares you may move in one turn.]
"So in the end it's still a board-game style?"
Yu Ji couldn't help being a little annoyed; this rule was hardly friendly to someone as unlucky as she, with E-rank Luck.
Eikou frowned as well. The longer it dragged on, the worse it would be, because once today passed, Yu Ji would be completely assimilated by the Singularity and there would be no saving her.
"Maybe it's because the two games haven't completely merged, so some mechanics from the previous game are still left behind—in simple terms, the base code layer remains…"
Eikou thought.
"The board-game square-moving play style has been overtaken by Love Sleeping 2, so there must be quite a few loopholes…"
Suddenly, as he stepped into the hallway of the old school, he glanced into the adjacent classroom—
and his eyes widened.
Inside that empty classroom, built entirely of countless pixels, sat an open coffin.
And lying in that coffin was unmistakably Pixel Siegfried!
Brother Siegfried!! Why is your body still lying here—have you been in that state ever since Chapter 153?!