Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-30323490-20190223093406/@comment-9782468-20190228140233

@Verdant, take the slowest Olympic sprinter vs Usain Bolt. Usain is lying on the ground, not expected the other sprinter to dash away. The other sprinter dashes away, and Usain Bolt would have to get up to catch them. Even though Bolt is much faster than the other sprinter, the other can maintain a lead for probably tens of meters, if not more.

Now, add in the fact that these are Shinobi and even the slower Shinobi have incredibly high speeds, this makes sense just fine. Naruto wasn't expecting Delta to bolt and Delta got a hit in. That's it.

@Bambusek, Naruto leading Delta around was fooling Delta herself for awhile, so I'm not surprised that Boruto was fooled by it too. However, Kawaki is probably more battle-hardened and can see what's going on since observing from afar, unlike Delta