Because he had been moving slowly all along, Sasuke had failed to notice that the earlier massive explosion had left the ground uneven.
And so, as his feet shuffled forward, he struck one of the small bumps ahead. His body actually began to tilt, and he fell straight down!
At that moment, Sasuke was only about five centimeters away from being able to reach out and slash Deidara's throat.
Bang
Squelch
After holding on for so long, Sasuke finally fell to the ground.
With that breath gone, it seemed impossible for Sasuke to get back up again.
Still, even with roughly five centimeters between them, the kunai in Sasuke's hand ultimately injured Deidara.
It simply did not slash across Deidara's throat as Sasuke had intended. Instead, it struck his forehead.
A straight, blood-red wound blossomed across Deidara's forehead.
Blood slid down from both sides of Deidara's forehead, flowing all the way to the corners of his mouth.
At that moment, Deidara's back, buried beneath the earth, was already completely soaked in sweat.
Never before had Deidara felt so close to death.
As a result, he could not even feel the pain in his forehead for a moment.
When he finally came back to his senses and saw Sasuke lying right in front of him, Deidara sincerely felt a surge of lingering fear rise from the depths of his heart.
Then, a few seconds later, the smile on Deidara's face grew brighter and brighter!
Although a faint pain still throbbed in his forehead, it was completely overshadowed by the joy in his heart.
Honestly, because of that five-centimeter gap, when Sasuke fell, the kunai had only cut about one centimeter deep as it passed across Deidara's forehead.
Though that attack had nearly taken his life, a wound like this was nothing