That's why leaders of all teams send someone to the leading group...

If that happens, the taste of having a lead becomes thin and risk isn't worth the payback.

At times you need to cooperate, then you need to fool your opponents. This sort of undercover action itself is the true charm of the road race.

She's making a scary face...

Hijiri, Master! Our tactics have failed! Give up, let's slow down!

Tac... tics?

Aah, okay, okay, you got me! You actually went on rampage, Master blindly followed you, then little by little everyone started to pursue you. I thought it would be bad if other teams will know about this disgrace. I thought it would be bad if they think, that Myourenji is a doodle team without any strategy. I shouted on a whim in a desperate attempt to camouflage it as a plan to steal the march. I was a fool. Yes, yes, you're always like that, doing anything you want. Every time me, Murasa and Ichirin... after working so hard...

The possibility of a failed runaway is high, but it'll be a big problem for others if it succeeds. That's why you have to have insurance...