The bizarre temporal distortion affected not only Dipp but everyone else as well. Just like him, they all froze in place, stuck at a certain point in time, endlessly doing whatever they were doing in a loop.0

The fresh water plunged and retracted dozens of times between Dipp's mouth and the canteen. Eventually, time returned to normal, and the water finally entered Dipp's mouth.0

However, Dipp couldn't perceive the bizarre phenomenon, so he had no idea that it even happened in the first place. After gulping down a few mouthfuls of fresh water, he wiped his mouth clean and took to the skies. 0

Kicking off against the roof, he landed nonchalantly on the street down below and grabbed a copy of Hope Island Daily from the nearby...0