The end of the challenge heralded a brand-new era for the Pokémon League!
The Sinnoh League had risen to rival the regional league of the Hoenn Region. This put tremendous pressure on the Kanto Region, the Johto Region, and the Unova Region on the other side.
However, after another round-robin tournament among the Elite Four in the Kanto Region, Lance, Agatha, and even the newly appointed Elite Four members Bruno and Lorelei had reluctantly given up, for the time being, on defeating the other three in succession to claim the Champion's seat...
Their strengths countered one another far too strongly!
Meanwhile, in the Johto Region, Koga, the newly appointed Bug-type Elite Four member, had also failed in his challenge against Will!
With Steven in the Hoenn Region, its Elite Four lineup remained quite stable.
As for Sinnoh, Cynthia's ascent had completed its lineup of Elite Four and Champion!
On Lily of the Valley Island,
Several days had passed by the time Cynthia had settled into her role and gained a general understanding of the Sinnoh League.
With Bertha Grandmother's help and assistance from League officials, she had finally spent those days gaining an initial understanding of a Champion's duties and responsibilities...
Simply put: coordination, control, and deterrence!
It was relatively easy...
At the very least, when Cynthia appeared before Yong and Caitlin again, she looked quite relaxed.
"How is it? Is it hard work?"
Once Caitlin returned to the Unova Region, she would begin her Elite Four Challenge too!
The opponent she had chosen was Marshal Isshiki, one of Unova's Elite Four, from Fighting type Marshal!
That was why she was curious whether becoming one of the League's higher-ups would leave her especially busy.
Cynthia looked at her with amusement.
"Of course not! There really aren't many things you