"Magnet Release training is just like that; it's based on feeling. Once the feeling comes, you can manipulate metal."
Shukaku was explaining the training method for Magnet Release to Ryou.
Ryou crossed his arms, his Sharingan looking at it somewhat gloomily.
The more Shukaku spoke, the lower its head dropped, intimidated by Ryou's Sharingan.
It felt like those eyes could devour it.
"You're playing me!"
Ryou reached out, releasing an electric current, shocking Shukaku ruthlessly.
Shukaku howled from the shock: "I'm not playing you! My Magnet Release is just like this; it's like my breathing, it's innate to me."
"Isn't this just playing me?!"
Ryou directly hung Shukaku up, next to Seven-Tails and the Spore Clone.
Shukaku's Magnet Release was exactly like a Kekkei Genkai; if you asked, it was all about feeling and inspiration. Those without talent couldn't learn it!
But in reality, it depended on lineage.
Ryou had been tricked by Shukaku; it couldn't teach others how to manipulate Magnet Release.
Ultimately, only two people had learned Magnet Release in the form of a Secret Technique: one was the Third Kazekage, and the other was Rasa.
Everyone else was a Kekkei Genkai user.
Gaara's adopted son, Shinki, could use iron sand Magnet Release, but he didn't learn it as a Secret Technique; it was a Kekkei Genkai, likely making him a descendant of the Third Kazekage.
There was also Gaara; Gaara could also use Magnet Release. In Gaara Hiden, Gaara displayed his Magnet Release while fighting Shigezane of the Houki Clan.
Gaara's Magnet Release wasn't the Jinchuriki talent that came with sealing Shukaku; Gaara only inherited Sand Manipulation from Shukaku.
Gaara's Magnet Release was inherited from Rasa.
Shukaku howled from being beaten but still insisted it wasn't playing Ryou.
"Fine!"
Ryou retracted the vines whipping Shukaku and asked with a cold face: "Shukaku, first tell me, what is a magnetic field?"
"Magnetic field?"
Shukaku rubbed its head, somewhat confused.
Seeing Shukaku like this, Ryou knew it was uneducated and didn't know about magnetic fields or magnetic force; the Magnet Release on its body was purely an inherent talent.
It only knew how to use it, not why it could be used that way.
Just like humans, seeing a beautiful woman and feeling lust without ever thinking about the logic behind it.
Why can she make me feel lust? Were her proportions laced with marijuana?
"Lying to me! You dare lie to me?!"
Ryou whipped Shukaku vigorously.
Shukaku cried out for mercy: "Master, Master, I was wrong! I didn't mean to lie to you, I just really don't want to be sealed by the Gedo Statue."
Seeing Shukaku being beaten so miserably by Ryou, Seven-Tails became enraged: "Uchiha Ryou, what kind of strength is it to take advantage of the weakest Tailed Beast among us?"
"Use whatever tricks you have on me! If I so much as flinch, I'm not a man!"
Ryou turned and shouted to the Great Tree of Takigakure: "This guy can still shout? Increase the voltage for me!"
Shukaku looked at Seven-Tails, whose body was trembling with electric currents jumping across it.
It was still dwelling on Seven-Tails' previous words: "Chomei, you bastard, who are you calling the weakest Tailed Beast? Once I recover my full form, if you've got the guts, let's go head-to-head."
"You idiot! I'm trying to save you!"
"I don't need your kindness! I'll take the punishment for my own mistakes!"
Ryou looked at Shukaku and Chomei and sighed: "Truly a pair of star-crossed lovers!"
After sighing, Ryou recovered his cold expression. He directly took Shukaku down and began using the most fundamental method to obtain Shukaku's Magnet Release.
Namely, the replication via White Zetsu cells.
"Shukaku, release your Magnet Release!"
"Okay!"
Shukaku converted the chakra in its body into magnetic force, manipulating the surrounding metal utensils.
There was no metal around, so seeing this, Candy summoned a pile of scrap iron. Immediately, the iron filings gathered toward Shukaku under its control.
Ryou then went to absorb Shukaku's Magnet Release chakra.
White Zetsu cells can absorb a Shinobi's chakra to replicate their Ninjutsu, but they cannot replicate a Kekkei Genkai.
A Kekkei Genkai requires a special constitution or lineage to inherit.
Ryou analyzed for a long time but couldn't figure anything out. Finally, he just grabbed Shukaku and sealed it into his own body in the form of chakra.
"Shukaku, help me convert the chakra in my body into Magnet Release chakra."
"Okay!"
At this moment, Ryou was like a Jinchuriki who had sealed a Tailed Beast.
But he was also different from a Jinchuriki; Ryou had only integrated Shukaku into his body in the form of chakra.
It was equivalent to turning Shukaku into a spore, letting the other party convert his chakra into Magnet Release chakra.
Just like the cooperation between Jiraiya and the Two Great Sages, where the Two Great Sages refined Senjutsu chakra for Jiraiya.
Under Shukaku's refinement, Ryou's chakra was converted into Magnet Release chakra.
He began to be able to control the surrounding metal.
"Success!"
Shukaku was extremely happy that Ryou had learned Magnet Release. This way, its future role would be to act as a relay for Ryou to activate Magnet Release.
As long as it was useful, it wouldn't be locked into the Gedo Statue by Ryou.
Seeing this, Fish Ball stopped whipping the Spore Clone and approached curiously with Candy, watching Ryou use magnetic force to attract and repel the iron filings.
Candy said while sucking on a lollipop: "This way of using Magnet Release is quite similar to a Jinchuriki!"
A Jinchuriki can use a Tailed Beast's abilities by manipulating the Tailed Beast's chakra; at this moment, Ryou was a different kind of Jinchuriki.
His state was even better than a Jinchuriki's because the Tailed Beast inside him didn't dare talk back and was absolutely obedient to Ryou's will.
Moreover, Shukaku's Magnet Release wasn't as specialized as the Third Kazekage's or Rasa's.
The Third Kazekage could only manipulate iron, and Rasa could only manipulate gold.
Shukaku's Magnet Release was the most fundamental magnetic force, capable of manipulating all metals.
Not just metal, it could also manipulate sand.
Part of the reason Gaara could freely manipulate sand was that Karura's chakra turned into the shield of sand, automatically protecting Gaara.
The other part was Shukaku's chakra; Shukaku itself was the Incarnation of Sand, and manipulating sand was its instinct.
A wisp of sand formed from chakra swirled around Ryou, forming a Shukaku Shield.
Shukaku said with some pride: "Manipulating metal is so much effort! What I'm best at is manipulating sand. I also have the Desert Layered Imperial Funeral Seal."
"Combined with the wind god marks on my body, plus the sand body and Magnet Release, it forms a super-strong seal."
"I developed this move to deal with that tsundere fox Kurama; it's guaranteed to seal it up nice and tight."
"How about it? Am I awesome or what?"