C285 First Place Without Any Suspense

Just as he was about to take another look at the super slow 'genius' at Swimming Path No. 6, he was surprised to find out that he was gone!

It was as if he had suddenly vanished into thin air.

No, that's not right! It wasn't evaporating, but...

It caught up?!

What was going on? They were clearly slower than the others by one or two seconds