After the match ended, Leon rode Charizard to Raihan's side and said:
"It's a promise. If you lose to me, you have to spend one day a week as the Trial Tower."
"Got it, it's just the Trial Tower, right? What floor am I on?"
"80 floors."
"Only 80 floors? Isn't the total height 88 floors? Who are the other Pokémon Trainer are stronger than me?"
"Master Opal, I, Chairman Rose, work on floors 83-86. The top floor is reserved for my teacher."
Upon hearing Mustard's name, Raihan immediately fell silent; none of these people were people he could afford to offend.
Just as Leon was about to ride Charizard away from the Motostoke Stadium, Hop was in the stands, stood up and called for Leon to come over quickly.
Seeing Hop dancing around excitedly, Leon rode his Charizard to Sonia and Hop's side.
"Hop, you're not a little kid anymore, stop making such a fuss."
Hop shouted at Leon:
"Brother, I've found Mustard!?"
Teacher?
Leon looked at his younger brother Hop.
The Charizard, which was originally preparing to soar into the sky, carried Leon to Hop's side, and Leon jumped off the Charizard's back.
Where is the teacher!?
Hop was speechless; Leon had just told him not to make a fuss.
Seeing Leon's tense expression, Hop raised the Communicator his hand, gesturing for Leon to look at it.
Upon seeing the familiar figure on the Communicator screen, Leon snatched the Communicator from Hop and looked at Mustard, who was sitting on the judges' panel in the live broadcast room.
At this moment, Mustard's face was beaming with a bright smile, and he gave off a feeling of being full of energy.
On the screen, Mustard is holding a Gold Belt, and the person opposite Mustard is a tall, handsome young man.
Mustard handed the Gold Belt to Roy, his eyes filled with undisguised admiration. Before leaving, he patted Roy on the shoulder and said something to Roy.
Then Leon heard Chuck's voice:
"Congratulations to Roy for winning the 15th Martial Arts Tournament!"
Cheers erupted throughout the entire dojo.
"Roy? Is he going to be a judge?"
Since the last crisis in the Galar region ended, Rose has felt guilty for plunging the Galar region into crisis, and therefore voluntarily relinquished the Rose Tower.
So he transformed the Rose Tower into the Trial Tower, helping Pokémon Trainers in the Galar region train their Pokémon.
Each time Pokémon Trainer from the Galar region enters the tower for training, they only need to pay 100 Poké Dollars.
What can you do with 100 Poké Dollars right now?
You can't even buy one-fifth of a Poké Ball, but it allows you to train in the Trial Tower all day long.
Moreover, he personally selected the tower masters of each floor in the Trial Tower, from the weakest to the strongest.
Every Pokémon Trainer can find an opponent that suits their current skill level.
This price is practically the same as getting it for free.
This is also a measure that Leon has prepared to revitalize the Galar region.
He originally wanted Mustard to be the tower master of the 88th floor, the top floor of the Trial Tower, which was the floor where Rose originally had his office.
However, Mustard disappeared after handing over the championship title to himself, and he doesn't reply to messages sent to him.
He personally traveled to the Isle of Armor, which Mustard had previously built.
It turned out that the other party was not on Isle of Armor at all, and his wife Honey, who was also his master's wife, did not know where he had gone.
I never expected that the other party would actually run away to Cianwood City...
Recalling Mustard's radiant smile on the screen, Leon murmured:
"Teacher, I've been looking for you for ages!"
Although they already knew that Mustard was currently in Cianwood City in the Johto, figuring out how to get him back was another troublesome matter.
As Mustard's last disciple, he knew perfectly well that Mustard was not the type to obediently return to Galar with him.
Sheer Force bringing the other party back is not a good idea either.
Let's set aside whether Mustard is willing or not.
He couldn't guarantee he could beat Mustard. Despite winning the championship title by defeating him, he seriously suspected that Mastedt had held back in their last match.
At the time, his Trump Card Charizard was two levels away from reaching Champion level, but for some reason, Mustard's Urshifu was defeated by Charizard's Air Cutter attack.
His Charizard was almost unable to battle.
Looking back on that championship battle now, it was strange in every way.
Even now, even though his Charizard has reached Champion level and has the Dynamax battle system, he still can't guarantee that he can defeat his master, Mustard.
Therefore, the method of tying the other party back is not realistic. If you fail to bring the other party back and end up getting beaten up by them, then it would be a net loss.
Sonia looked at Leon's helpless expression and asked him what had happened.
Leon confided his troubles to Sonia.
"Mustard?"
Sonia spread her hands, indicating that she couldn't help either; Mustard was just a rascal, doing whatever came to mind.
Hop wanted to join the discussion, but was dragged away from the Motostoke Stadium by Raihan.
They're showing off their love over there, what are you meddling in, you little brat?
When Wooloo saw Hop being carried away by Raihan, it quickly followed.
After the Martial Arts Tournament ended, Roy and the Annihilape went backstage.
Just as the two were about to return to Chuck's house to show off their Gold Belts to Misdreavus, Mimikyu, and Little Absol, they heard someone call their names.
Roy!
Roy turned around and saw it was Korrina.
Gurkinn followed behind Korrina.
At this point, Gurkinn still appeared to be a mysterious suspect.
Gurkinn looked at Roy with a hint of wariness in his eyes. He felt that Roy was a bit strange, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
Korrina came backstage specifically to find Roy for a simple reason: she wanted to touch the Gold Belt around Roy's waist.
Korrina's eyes were filled with envy as she looked at Roy's gleaming Gold Belt.
"Roy, I'll just touch you, just let me touch you for a second!" (๑•ᴗ•๑)♡
"For you."
Roy didn't care at all, and casually took off the Gold Belt from his waist and handed it to Korrina.
Korrina trembled as she took the Gold Belt from Roy's hand.
The sheer weight of the hand filled Korrina with surprise.
Seeing the Golden fist mark in the center of the belt, Korrina gently stroked it with her hand.
Seeing Korrina's envious look, Roy said:
"You can try wearing it."
"I... I? Is it really... really okay? Can I wear it?"
Seeing Roy nod in agreement, Korrina couldn't wait to put the Gold Belt around her waist.
In contrast, Roy wearing the Gold Belt around his waist seemed perfectly natural, as if it were made just for him.
The belt was too big for Kelney, mainly because she was too thin and couldn't fill Gold Belt.
But Korrina didn't notice this at all, looking at the loose Gold Belt around her waist with great satisfaction.
For a moment, she even felt as if she had truly become the champion of the Martial Arts Tournament.