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Gen 1: Definitive Edition
Once you capture all the 150 you talk to professor Oak, he says when he was young an older retiring scientist(you can infer it was Fuji) entrusted this to him and now you have earned his trust and proven to have the skills to continue taking care of it.
Basically make it the 100% completion gift.
post-151 gens/pokemon are not canon