MHA/BNHA react to For The Want of A Nail by Clouds part 1

It had been six months since Izuku's fateful encounter with All Might. It seemed like a lot longer to Izuku; a lot had changed since he was a bright eyed kid holding onto a dream of becoming a hero. He'd learned a lot about computers and hacking to help with his villain work and was planning on going to a high school that emphasized programming. He still did most of his villain work in internet cafes, but moved around frequently to prevent being tracked. He had also tried picking up as much as he could about money laundering to prevent anyone from tracking his funds. His prices went up with each plan he sent out and he had yet to reach a point where his clients refused to pay.

Tsukauchi: Great everything's going well for him so far...

Endeavor: Pride before the fall. We'll catch him soon enough. He's just fourteen.

Mt. Lady: Don't jinx it...

He had also been cleaning Dagobah beach. It had started as a way to deal with his guilt over becoming a villain. Maybe if he did something good for the community, it would cancel out the harm he'd caused.

Mic: It doesn't work like that...

Jirou: Dagobah beach again? Isn't that where the female Midoriya trained?

Uraraka: Well it looks like they live in the same place across the multiverse and Dagobah beach is pretty close by so...

Izuku was gradually coming to terms with his new life, letting his bitterness at society combine with his pride at a job done well to drown out his regret. He didn't get panic attacks anymore when he opened the news and saw that one of his plans had been carried out. He still got nervous and somewhat nauseous, but even that was getting replaced with satisfaction. It didn't hurt that every message in his inbox fed his ego as villains were constantly thanking him or demanding his services. For the first time in his life, he had people who didn't think he was useless! It was like a drug and Izuku couldn't get enough of it. So far, he'd sold the murder plans for ten heroes and that wasn't even counting the numerous robberies, non-hero assassinations and other crimes that he'd planned.

Midoriya: Is validation really all it takes...?

Hound Dog: Praise is addictive.

But people were starting to catch on. Conspiracy theorists online were starting to connect the recent uptick in hero deaths and even the police were starting to suspect there might be one person behind it. Villains were starting to come to him with higher profile targets, but were also starting to demand face to face meetings rather than just through a screen.

Which was why he'd never stopped cleaning the beach. He knew that one act of good wouldn't make up for the bad he'd done and he was getting to the point that he didn't want it to. But it was excellent muscle training, and he needed to be strong if he expected to survive in the world of villains.

Tsukauchi: We'd better catch him before he starts meeting face to face...

Hawks: Agreed.

Compress: Something tells me the cops won't managed to catch him.

Toga: Yeah, he'd better meet us first before that happens!

Izuku caught movement out of the corner of his eye as he hefted a microwave and began to carry it toward the dumpster. He had started to suspect this morning, but now he was sure. He was being followed, which meant that someone had managed to figure out that he was Mastermind. The only question was who? Izuku continued his task without letting on that he knew he was being watched, opting instead to keep an eye out and get a description of his stalker. Hopefully it was a villain. Izuku didn't quite know what he'd do if the heroes caught onto his identity this early in the game, so yeah, hopefully villain. Izuku had to resist chuckling to himself. What had his life become?