Although Naruto had guessed that Shisui might be an undercover agent, Shisui's deliberate control still kept Naruto from breaking away to help Sasuke.
As for Sasuke, the battle on his side was just as intense!
In terms of the situation, although Sasuke possessed Lightning Release that countered Deidara, Deidara still held the advantage.
Although Deidara's Explosive Clay would become duds upon getting close to Sasuke, detonating it from a slightly greater distance would still let the shockwaves affect Sasuke.
For example, if Explosive Clay detonated close to Sasuke, it could deal 100 damage. Detonating it from afar might halve that damage to only 50, but at least it would still have an effect!
No matter how much Lightning Release countered Deidara's ninjutsu, it could not block the shockwaves of an explosion, could it?
Among the Five Elemental Ninjutsu, if one had to name the release with the weakest defensive properties, it would definitely be Lightning Release. That was practically common knowledge.
Only against certain specific ninjutsu could Lightning Release serve a defensive purpose.
As a result, Sasuke and Deidara's battle became one side bombarding relentlessly while the other did everything possible to dodge.
From a distance, it looked like someone was walking a dog—little damage, maximum humiliation!
Unable to find a chance to counterattack Deidara and instead being chased around by him had already filled Sasuke with pent-up anger.
But there was nothing he could do. Deidara was incredibly crafty.
Once he learned that Sasuke possessed Lightning Release that countered him, he simply flew into the sky and refused to come down.
Then he kept throwing bombs downward.
Deidara had directly turned himself into a mobile artillery platform!
After entering Curse Seal Level 2, Sasuke had also gained the ability to fly.
However, looking at those claw-like "chicken wings," competing