In the year 2000, two of the world's most powerful organizations—the Garcia Financial Clique and the Masters Foundation—collaborate on an unprecedented event designed to ease the political friction between their competing spheres of influence. The event: a massive international martial arts tournament called Millennium Fight 2000. Renowned fighters from across the globe register, and the opening ceremony unfolds without incident. Behind the spectacle, however, forces are quietly aligning for something far less controlled.