Hau'oli City, the Pokémon School conference room.
The representative from the Kanto Region
put forward a conventional proposal:
following the existing framework, they could place the four Island Kahunas in the Elite Four seats.
As for leaving the Champion position vacant, that was no problem at all.
How long had the Kanto Region gone without a Champion?
Nothing had happened there, either.
"Hold on."
Nanu, the Island Kahuna of Ula'ula Island, was a man with dark circles around his eyes who looked as though he had never quite woken up.
Still wearing that languid expression that seemed to see through everything, he leaned back in his chair and said slowly,
"Alola has its own pace. Wouldn't installing a Champion and Elite Four out of nowhere be a little hasty?
Never mind that we're still one short of four Island Kahunas-we haven't even held a proper official league tournament yet."
Mr. Hala of Melemele Island, a highly respected elder, nodded in agreement.
"Nanu has a point. A Champion should earn that title. They should be chosen right here on Alola's own soil, through battles between Trainers at our League Conference."
The two sides debated this framework for quite some time.
Li Wei did not step in immediately to make a decision. Instead, he gave both sides a chance to speak freely.
The young Hapu could barely get a word in. They were talking far too quickly...
"Ahem."
Li Wei first cleared his throat to draw their attention.
Then, at the right moment, he proposed a plan that combined both sides' views. "I agree with Mr. Hala and Mr. Nanu."
"The positions of Champion and Elite Four should be the highest goals for Alola's Trainers to strive toward.
Simply putting Mr. Hala and the others in the Elite Four seats wouldn't be