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

Tsu: Eri...

Uraraka: Time to see what happened to her after she got rescued.

"Is this her?"

Tsukauchi looked through the glass at the girl Nighteye had brought in, who he'd said was named Eri. Officers had already taken samples of the blood covering her, but they hadn't had time to clean her off yet, so most of it had already dried to a dirty brown and was starting to flake. Recovery Girl was on her way to take a look at her, since they didn't know if Eri would be safe in a hospital because of her ties to the yakuza.

Mt. Lady: Someone get that poor girl cleaned up already...

As soon as Eri had mentioned that Overhaul and all of his men were killed by Mastermind, Nighteye had sent his sidekicks and a whole team of police officers to investigate the base, only to find a bloodbath. There hadn't been a single person left alive, with the exception of Eri, and Overhaul himself had obviously been tortured to death, Mastermind's signature M carved into his body over a hundred times. The police were still in the process of taking pictures of the scene before they could remove the bodies and they had already had to set up a perimeter to keep out the media, who had flocked to the compound as if they'd smelled the blood.

(everyone shuddered and avoided looking at the picture of Overhaul's fate with Mitsuki and Midoriya managing to cover Inko's eyes and ears in time so she was still unaware)

Nejire: Note to self... never get on Midoriya's bad side...

Toga(grinning): Ah well, Overhaul deserved it. I'm glad Izuku never does anything halfway.

Tsukauchi sighed and walked into the interrogation room, Nighteye and Nezu right behind him. He hated that they had to interrogate this little girl who had obviously been through too much in the last 24 hours, but anything they could find on Mastermind put them one step closer to discovering his identity, which was essential to resolving the high stakes hostage situation he had set up.

Hawks: Oh right I almost forgot about that.

Mirko: Seriously bird brain? We're some of the hostages!

"Hello, Eri." He spoke softly, sitting down across from her and putting his files for both Mastermind and Overhaul down on the table. "My name is Detective Tsukauchi, this is Nezu and you already know Sir Nighteye. Is it alright if we ask you a few questions about how you ended up on Nighteye's roof this morning?"

Eri nodded, her wide eyes scanning the room in a clear display of hypervigilance. Seriously, Tsukauchi knew that Mastermind was depraved, but traumatizing a child? That was a new low.

Toga: Hey Mind-chan didn't do that!

"Who left you on the roof, Eri?" He asked.

"He, um, said his name was Mastermind."

Hagakure: I know this is the worst possible time but Eri is so adorable.

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"What did he look like?"

"He was short and, um, he had pretty green eyes. He smiled a lot too, I think. He had a mask covering his mouth, but, um, his eyes were smiling."

Momo(sighing): Yeah you're right, Hagakure, she really is adorable.

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Tsukauchi looked at Nezu and Nighteye who returned his glance and nodded. It matched what they knew of him, so it probably really was Mastermind, but why would a villain, especially one as powerful as Mastermind, drop a little girl off at a hero agency when he could have just kept her for himself or sold her off?