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The major update of the game took longer than everyone had expected. Due to the huge number of complaints from the high-leveled players, the World Gaming Organization decided to add some additional contents that could make the peak experts busy. And because of that, the scheduled date for the re-opening of the game was slightly delayed.

Since Shin didn't have anything to do, for the time being, he went to the backyard to do some light training. After all, he spent the last one and a half months on training so it was quite hard to remove the training habit that he built up through the course of that time.

As usual, he did some light exercises before proceeding to do the specialized training that his masters had given him. It was a training exercise where he could make his body familiar with the process of combining his Internal Qi and Mental Energy.

Even though he still hadn't achieved his desired result of combining them and turning them into 'World Origin', this training exercise still made him wield both of these forces at the same time. Moreover, he could also make some flawless combos with his Martial-Art Skills and Mentalism Techniques during the battle at this point in time.

The only thing that his battle technique lacked right now was to find a way to completely fuse his two disciplines so that he could create his own 'Unified Strengthening' and 'Secret Arts'.

"Hu~!" Shin took a deep breath right after executing the final movements of his training exercise.

A moment later, Shin re-opened his eyes and turned his head in a certain direction while saying. "Are still not going to introduce yourself, Sir? You are observing me for quite some time already."

Right after those words left his mouth, an old man who was wearing a lab gown suddenly walked under the shade of the tree in the direction where Shin was looking.

He was clapping his hand repeatedly while saying. "Impressive! Not only are you very close at reaching that 'point', but your insight regarding that path is also quite clear. Interesting~!"

Shin was slightly taken aback when he heard the old man's words. But it only lasted for a moment as he immediately ignored that remark and asked. "May I know who you are, Sir?"

Shin was acting polite right now since he could feel that this old man really had no ill intention. Though, it was still quite uncomfortable when someone was peeking at you when you are training.

On the other hand, the old man just waved his right hand at Shin while replying. "Don't worry, I'm just a little curious when I saw a young man training a dual discipline. After all, someone like you is quite rare these days."

He then paused for a moment before saying with a quite embarrassed tone. "As for my identity-… Well, I can't tell you about it yet due to some circumstances. So, I apologize for that."

After that, the old man looked at his Advance Watch which was blinking nonstop since the time he left the vicinity of the school.

Then he looked at Shin with his knitted brow while wearing a bitter smile. "Looks like I need to head back now. My student seems to be worried about me now."

Shin felt a little annoyed when he heard that, so he couldn't help but frowned his eyebrows for a moment. And when the old saw the displeasure in Shin's eyes, he couldn't help but feel even more embarrassed.

"How about this, I will give you a little tip for my rudeness earlier?" said the old man with a smile.

And before Shin could even reply, he immediately added. "Instead of letting them harmonize naturally, how about you make one of them adjust with the other?"

Shin knitted his eyebrows a little after hearing that before asking. "And how can I do that?"

But the old man refused to tell him more. He just waved his finger at Shin while saying. "It is your job to find the answer, kid."

Hearing that, Shin couldn't help but frown his eyebrows once again as he felt a little annoyed. 'What's wrong with these old men? If they want to teach me something then do it all the way, why are they bothering to tell us a clue if they are going to leave the most important part?'

As if the old man could read what was running inside Shin's head, he immediately answered. "Because if it is an answer that you have discovered yourself, then it will forever be engraved in your mind."

"Eh!?" Shin was suddenly taken aback when he heard those words as they struck him really hard.

Seeing the stunned expression that Shin was making, the old man couldn't help but smile a little before saying. "Moreover, the answers to those kinds of questions are already within you. So, all you needed to do is to become aware of it."

After that, the old man turned his body around and started walking back at the tree shade behind him while waving his hand at Shin. "I am sure that we will meet again in the future, so I am hoping that you will find the answer until then."

Then he suddenly disappeared under the shadows of the night without leaving any trace. He didn't even leave a residual of his presence behind.

Shin couldn't even feel a residual of his presence even after enhancing his senses with the help of his Mental Energy.

After that, Shin shook his head a little before muttering himself. "Old men sure are not simple."

But at the same time, he also couldn't hold back his laughter any longer. It was because he saw a nameplate on the left side chest of the lab gown that the old man was wearing earlier. "But sometimes, they are also somewhat funny for being too forgetful."

"Henry Cortez, huh? If it is him, then I can at least trust that tip that he gave earlier," muttered Shin to himself while walking back at the villa.

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The next day, Shin woke up early in the morning due to his body clock. And as usual, he did his daily routine before preparing their breakfast.

"D*mn! Why the heck am I doing this?" muttered Shin to himself while shaking his head helplessly.

"That is because you are the one who can only cook in this place," said Arthur as he walked out from the bathroom after taking a shower.

Shin turned his head at Arthur when he heard that and immediately refuted. "But Leo can cook too!"

"But the food that I make can't even be considered a food when compared with yours," said Leonard as he took his seat.

But right after sitting, he suddenly noticed that only Arthur and him had empty plates in front of them so he immediately asked. "Only two plates? You are not eating with us?"

"I need to go somewhere, so I will have my breakfast later. You two can eat without me, " said Shin before taking the coat hanging in the rack.

"This early? Where are you going? Don't tell me you are going on a date?" asked Arthur while knitting his eyebrows.

Hearing that, Shin suddenly clicked his tongue before answering. "Idi*t! I am going to fetch Chloe from the airport, she is arriving today. Since you two forgot about that, I am going there alone."

"Oh~! So, it is indeed a date," said Arthur while nodding his head the moment he heard that.

He then took a slight pause before waving the spoon that he was holding at Shin while saying. "Then you can also forget about us and take your time. We also don't mind even if you don't come back until night."

Leonard suddenly burst out laughing the moment he heard that. Fortunately, he still hadn't started eating yet, or else he would spit the food straight at Arthur's face.

Meanwhile, Shin could only shake his head helplessly as he fixed that blue coat that he was wearing. Then he quickly walked out of the house while saying. "I already emailed the floor design to Uncle Sam, so you only need to assist him when he arrives."

At the same time, Arthur and Leonard simultaneously turned their heads at each other before the former suddenly asked. "Do you think one of the rooms upstairs is for Cloe?"

Hearing that, Leonard just shrugged his shoulders before replying. "I don't know. But I think that is not the case. Given her father's personality, he will never let her daughter live with us even if we already know each other for a long time."

Arthur nodded his head repeatedly when he heard that before adding. "Yeah, I think so. But I am also guessing that he is most likely going to buy the house next to ours."

After that, the two shrugged their shoulders at the same time before starting to eat their breakfast.

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