Champion!
After several decades.
The Pokémon League had finally produced another person who had cleared the "Champion's Path" and ascended to the position of Champion with overwhelming legitimacy!
And this Champion came from the Sinnoh Region!
This entire "Champion's Path" had been livestreamed, without any padding or falsification along the way.
Every viewer who had watched the livestream was the best witness to this "Champion's Path."
"I looked it up. It has been a full fifteen years since the last Champion cleared the 'Champion's Path'!"
"Fifteen years? No wonder some old-timers keep saying the Pokémon League is showing signs of decline, that the gap between generations is getting too serious."
"It is different now! Elite Four Xia Yan—oh, no, Champion Xia Yan—his emergence marks the official countdown to the younger generation taking over the Pokémon League!"
"Xia Yan, Cynthia, Lance, Steven Stone, Lorelei, Diantha... so many young Trainers are beginning to reveal their brilliance. And Xia Yan, our Sinnoh Champion Xia Yan, is unquestionably the leader of this younger generation!"
"If the tide of a new era is about to arrive, then Champion Xia Yan will surely be the most dazzling rider of that tide!"
"Although I am not from Sinnoh, I support Champion Xia Yan too. His strength, his ability, and his character are all worthy of everyone's study."
"I am from Kanto. I... fine, I admit it, I am jealous. I do not understand why the Kanto League would let someone as talented as Champion Xia Yan work in Sinnoh. Does our Kanto League not have any positions available?"
"I am from Unova. Actually, I have wanted to say this for a long time. As the 'Hero of Truth,' Champion Xia Yan, if you are unhappy in the Sinnoh League, Unova's doors will always be open to you.