A Good Sign or a Bad Omen?

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Shin was having an absent mind as he walked towards Professor Plum's humble house in the middle of the forest near the Springfield Family Mansion. And before he knew it, he had already arrived at his destination.

He only managed to snap out of his daze when he heard the old man's voice, saying. "How was your first defeat?"

Shin raised his head and looked at the source of the voice with a blank face. And when Old Plum saw that expression on Shin's face, he couldn't help but clicked his tongue and said. "What? Getting depressed immediately just because of a single lost?"

Hearing that, Shin shook his head repeatedly, indicating that that was not it.

"Then what was it?" asked Old Plum when he saw that reaction. And immediately added after a slight pause. "Is that due gap in Martial-Art talent?"