"Elite Four Xia Yan, I heard that you and Mr. Lance and Ms. Lorelei, who are participating in this Elite Four Challenge, are all close friends. What do you think about whether the two of them can successfully complete their challenges?"
As a specially invited guest of the Kanto League.
Xia Yan represented the Sinnoh League in this Elite Four Challenge organized by the Kanto League.
He also accepted interviews from reporters from several television stations in the Kanto Region.
There was no helping it.
Xia Yan's popularity was simply too high.
Whether in Kanto, Sinnoh, Johto Region, Unova, or other regions, he enjoyed immense popularity.
In terms of popularity alone, he had completely crushed Lance, Steven, Cynthia, Lorelei, and the others.
Interviewing him would undoubtedly bring in plenty of attention as well.
And because the Kanto League had simply too many talented people, it had no choice but to hold this so-called Elite Four Challenge.
Even though the establishment of the Johto League had taken away a large number of people.
Compared to the deeply established Kanto League, though, the Johto League still seemed far too young and inexperienced.
With so many people competing for so few Elite Four seats, those positions had always been highly coveted within the Kanto League. Every Elite Four Challenge was a visual feast for the people of the Kanto Region.
Many famous Trainers, Elite Four candidates, and Champions from various leagues would sign up for this challenge.
As long as they made it into the top four, they would have the chance to challenge the Elite Four.
In this regard.
Other regions had it far easier than the Kanto League.
Take Xia Yan and Cynthia, for example.
They had somehow become Elite Four members of the Sinnoh League without facing much of a