A Glitch In The Matrix

Targets

"Okay.
I need to kidnap Tsukauchi tonight.
But those 2 won't be enough.

I'll take Eri in after I successfully Brainwash the 2.
Then I'll just brain wash her into thinking I'm the good guy, she won't have to get involved in anything.
She'll just sit at the base.

Out of the way, as she should be.

Kacchan would be easy to mentally break and brainwash.
With how high he holds himself all that's required is some good ole self esteem breaking.

But I can't have the festival be cancelled, if I kidnap Kacchan before the festival I present a problem.

So I have to make it look like he ran away.
That's easy.

Tonight I'll kidnap Tsukauchi, then I'll kidnap Kacchan, and after that I think...

Mirio

Would be a good target.

His need to save everyone can easily be broken when he sees the only person he'll be able to save his himself and from me.
Just some emotional manipulation.

Who else is weak minded amongst UA?

Hm.

Monoma.
He's very manipulatable.

So far I have Tsukauchi, Kacchan, Mirio, Monoma, and Kaminari.

They all have useful quirks as well, I just have to make them proper servants.

I think they're all I really need.

Yeah, perfect."  Midoriya continued to use his phone as if he hadn't just made a plan to kidnap a couple people.

When nightfall came Midoriya did what he did yesterday, however he did it a bit earlier in the night.

It was 10pm.
Midoriya decided to use the bathroom before he "slept".
He walked in and repeated what he had done the night before, he made a duplicate, changed into his suit, and sent the duplicate to sleep in his place.

From there he glitched to his base.
Before he kidnapped Tsukauchi he had to begin the brainwashing on Kaminari.

He knew Tsukauchi worked overnight so he wasn't worried about not finding him.

He walked up to Kaminari's room, he heard pages being flipped through and groans.

Midoriya twisted the handle, startling Kaminari enough to peep.

"Who's there!?" He screamed.

Midoriya walked in.
"Surprise Kaminari"

Kaminari's face went grim, "I knew it was you...
Let me out!" He screamed as he tried to tackle Midoriya with his quirk active.

Midoriya manipulated his quirk into chains and stuck him against the wall.
He locked the door behind him.

"Time to begin"

Midoriya took a deep breath in and pulled out one of Hawks's feathers.
He needs it.

He manipulated the feather into an illusion quirk and disappeared from Kaminari's sight entirely.

He put Kaminari in the dark completely, only able to see his hands and feet that were chained down.

"Poor little Denki Kaminari.
All alone in the dark world.

Your friends completely abandoned you, they haven't even noticed the fact you're missing...

They never once cared about you, they all just used you for you phone charging abilities.

You were a mere tool to them" Midoriya began.

Kaminari stared out into the "darkness" in despair.
"No, no, no! It isn't true!
T-they care about me...

They wouldn't...
Abandon me..."

"Oh but they did.

At the moment at UA, no one has even noticed that you're gone." Midoriya started to play an illusion of UA.

Kaminari was "standing"  he was in the mainroom.
The class was talking amongst each other but...

Ignoring him.

"Kirishima! Thank god I found you, I thought I was-" Kaminari realized Kirishima wasn't listening to him.

"Kirishima?"

"Sero, we should go check out that arcade!"

"But you said we'd do that...
Together"

Kaminari watched Sero, Kirishima, and Bakugo walk out the dormitory to check out the arcade.
It was a conversation Midoriya had eaves dropped on.

The room faded again, this time Kaminari was in the classroom.

"Kirishima!" He cried as he ran up to him.

"Dude that arcade was amazing, we should definitely go again" Kirishima smiled.

"Yeah 100% I'm surprised Bakugo played too" Sero replied.

Kaminari tapped on Kirishima's shoulder, Kirishima turned around.

"Oh Kaminari...
Could you charge my phone?" He asked.

Kaminari's eyes widened, "the arcade, you said we'd go together..."

"I did?
Oh shoot, sorry man!
I'll invite you next time" Kirishima tried handing Kaminari his phone but the scene changed yet again.

Tears streamed down Kaminari's face as he looked around, it was darkness again.

However, this time he could see Kirishima, Bakugo and Sero in the distance.
Talking.

"Guys!?
Help me please!" Kaminari shouted.

"Kaminari really thinks we're his friends?
Pfft" Sero chuckled.

"Why do we came him around again?" Kirishima asked.

"Tch, to charge our phones idiot" Bakugo hissed.

"It's a good thing he's too stupid to realize that we're just using him" Sero laughed.

They faded away again, Kaminari sat there defeated.

"No...
Everything I saw was fake...
This is all a dream...
And I'll wake up soon.." Kaminari said, convincing himself.

"Poor little Denki, trying so hard to convince himself people do truly care for him.

Don't worry.

I do, you can put all your trust in me and I'll make sure no one hurts you.

As long as you help me" Midoriya continued.

"N-no..
No...
No.
No.
No.
No

This is all fake!" Kaminari screamed.

"This should be enough for today, I just have to repeat this for a week and he should be completely brainwashed"
Midoriya snapped his fingers and put Kaminari to sleep.
The illusion disappeared and Kaminari laid there.

Very much passed out.

Midoriya glitched away, he grabbed some food and water from his kitchen and left it in Kaminari's room.

"Now I need to kidnap Tsukauchi.
He should be in his office working on a case.

I'll be invisible" Midoriya pulled out a feather and made himself go completely invisible.
He glitched to his office and looked around.

There Tsukauchi was, asleep.
He was on top of some papers.
Coffee was seated besides him.

Midoriya looked around, no cameras?

"Why are there no cameras?

It's likely due to the fact there are private cases that can't be recorded.
Whatever, it makes my job easier."