>>56367232Basically a decentralized network including a bunch of gym leaders and e4 members doing clandestine support for police, each other and the region they live in.
Me thinks Karen, Brendan and Lance created it to support the Interpol project and keep their elders out of trouble because the best way to stop a veteran from moping and doing funny stuff is to organize them, and what better way than "community service".
As for why Brendan specifically, Daisy from Cerulean describes her ideal man as scar faced (manga Brendan matches).
Contests are a great way to tie him in.
As for what capital could have been brought in...
As an anon above said wingull-volcanic ash guano would be Hoenns top export for Kanto, you know something an enviromental researcher might figure out.
Also Mr.Mimes being an intel gathering operation that keeps kids of the streets and out of TR could be another one of his business fronts.
Oak probing Flannery for info about prof Birch while she is dodging the question by calling him "the new guy" not lying outright is also telling.
You'd think there would be more intel about him by now.