The Reasons I live

Chapter 6 - Tournament Begins!

Time: 20th September 2021
10:39am

Ash POV

Huh, Misty? That B*tch. If I remember her because why would I even do that, she's a water type gym leader...
I guess I'll use *********.

Time skip till tomorrow

Me and the gang had reached the stadium and man it was huge! Just try to imagine the Kalos League stadium but 10x bigger, exactly.
I was the 6th match so I decided to head to watch the introduction.

We splitted up into 2, one in the audience, one in the podiums. I asked Mallow to take care of Katherine because.... You already know my title

"GOOD DAY, EVERYONE. TODAY IS THE DAY WHERE THE GLOBAL MASTER'S TOURNAMENT BEGINS, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE MATCHES, LET'S HEAR SOME WORDS FROM THE HOST AND OUR REGIONAL CHAMPIONS!" The announcer shouted and got many cheers from the crowd.

"Welcome everyone, to the GMT.
My name is Hunter Lockins and I'm the host for this event. Everyone participating is in luck because this is an event that happens in every 7 years!" Hunter Said before continuing.

"Let me explain what is going to happen. There are in total of 283 participants, It's gonna be 3v3 match. But there's a twist, There's a 20 minute timer. Whoever has the most pokemon or The condition of the pokemon is better, That side wins.
So everyone good luck and have fun!"
Hunter Said. Seeing that there were new rules like contest, many fans screamed in excitement while some groaned with fustration.

I saw the host once again, He was also wearing a mask like me. I saw his traits, possessions and clothes,Then it hit me................Giovanni!

Flashback

I had just set my princess to sleep. I would always stare at her, seeing that she is someone I would always protect.
Those thoughts were interrupted when someone used aura to call me.

"Master, Really, REALLY bad news...." Lucario said to me, holding my pokephone. I sighed and stood up and took my phone from his palms. I looked at the title of the article he was reading "Team Rocket's leader had managed to escape!"

Once I saw that, I almost wanted to faint. How could he escape, From what I knew, It was the most secured prison in Kanto.

I read the article, line to line, hoping to find some actual valuable information.
Until I saw something..Kalos Champion Calem Xavier has agreed to lead this case.

Now this was something unusual, Team Rocket doesn't have any connections with Kalos. So why is Calem leading the case, I had seen him from the Champion meetings I get time to time, I would always suspect him. His outside looks innocent but the inside..... Murderous.

Then I remembered, Calem Xavier.......Giovanni XAVIER. Same surname, 3% chance of them to not be related. But there's a high chance they are since Calem is involved with the case.

Xavier was definitely not a common surname. I rushed to my computer and searched up the info about Calem's family. No Info.

Ah I see, They've gone incognito? Might as well call that Dragon Master Lance for help.

I held my phone in my hand, looking at the reflection. There's one huge problem......... Do I tell Katherine?

Flashback ends

It's weird, Giovanni being involved in such a big event. Is he perhaps trying to steal pokemon? He was the one to host, it would be better if he were the one to battle.