"Something this complicated?!"
Xia Yan looked utterly dumbfounded.
Cynthia lifted her mocha and took a small sip. She casually shifted her crossed legs, watching Xia Yan's stunned expression as her eyes curved into crescents.
"So you really didn't know the details before announcing that you were going to challenge the 'Champion's Path.'"
At that.
Xia Yan gave an awkward little cough.
The main reason was that, over the years, the Pokémon League had never released any information or reports related to the "Champion's Path."
He had been just a tiny bit too presumptuous.
Of course.
It was also because, during his conversations with Steven and Lance, Xia Yan had picked up that they both wanted to challenge the "Champion's Path" as well.
Cynthia's slender fingers lightly rubbed the side of her cup as she slowly said,
"The reason Kanto Region's 'Champion's Path' is the hardest is because Kanto has too many talented people and top-tier Trainers. It isn't just the Elite Four who are strong. Many Trainers without particularly high positions in the Pokémon League actually possess considerable strength as well."
Xia Yan rubbed his temple.
"I really never expected the 'Champion's Path' to allow local Trainers to participate and become part of the Champion examination."
Just moments ago.
During his conversation with Cynthia, Xia Yan had learned.
That the so-called "Champion's Path" really was an actual road.
For instance, in the Kanto and Johto Region, their "Champion's Path" was a route leading from the foot of Mt. Silver to the Kanto League Headquarters atop Mt. Silver.
And along that road.
The Pokémon League did not oppose local Trainers coming forward, whether to obstruct, participate, challenge, or for any other reason.
It was a tradition of the "Champion's Path."
Apparently.
When the Pokémon League had first been established and its