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

Izuku stood tensely at the entrance to the alley, a marble at the ready in his slingshot which was pulled taut and trained on the collapsed villain who could potentially get up at any minute. Eraser was at the opposite end of the alley, his capture weapon floating ominously around him as they waited. After a few seconds which felt like a lot longer, Eraser blinked, then sighed in relief when the villain stayed put, the trigger-enhanced quirk that had made the fight already starting to shrink back to its normal state.

Kamakiri: They skipped the whole fight.

"Good, he's just another junkie." Eraser said. "I was almost afraid he'd be another berserker."

Izuku put his slingshot away as he looked at Eraser in confusion, "Berserker?"

Eraser glanced up at him as he restrained the villain, "Yeah. That's what we've started calling the next phase in the villain factory's experiments. You were right about that, by the way. That villain you helped apprehend the other day, Hamasaki, wasn't a next level villain, he was whatever comes after. A berserker."

Midoriya: I wish I wasn't right...

"Oh..." Izuku said quietly. He hadn't wanted to be right about that, especially not after seeing the destruction that him being right caused and how miserable the poor villain must be. "So you think there's going to be more of them?"

Eraser sighed, "That's the way the villain factory works. We'll probably see at least a few of these guys, then they'll go dormant for a few months or even years like last time before moving onto the next phase of their expirament. God only knows what they're actually trying to accomplish with all this."

Kurogiri: Probably a nomu that can think...

Endeavor: Like the talking one I fought...

"Most likely some type of supersolider." Izuku had been thinking about it more and more ever since Hamasaki had been recaptured. With many powerful heroes like All Might out there, most villains' best best was to run and hide like the sludge villain had when it attacked him. If enough people had permanently strengthened quirks, however, they might even be able to give the number one hero a run for his money even without his secret weakness. "I'm assuming that Hamasaki's alterations were permanent?"

Eraser nodded, "That was the main difference, actually. All the next level villains eventually powered down once the trigger was out of their system, but he didn't even have any trigger in him to begin with. The rage didn't fade either, hence berserkers."

"Then they're probably getting closer." Izuku said. "Did you guys ever figure out why he was so angry?"

Recovery Girl: Because his brain was attacking itself.

"The doctors said it was something to do with his brain attacking itself or something." Eraser looked frustrated as he stood. "The rage center was the only part that hadn't been turned into swiss cheese."

"An autoimmune response?" Izuku frowned. "But the experiments didn't trigger that in the next level villains, did they?"

"Nope." Eraser clenched his fists. "Besides the extra mutative aspects they were fine."

Aizawa: Yeah Kirihito and the others were able to reintegrate into society afterwards.

"So something new was introduced..." Izuku muttered, then looked up at Eraser, embarrassed. "I mean, obviously, since it was a new experiment, but, um, I mean..."

Kurogiri: Like other quirks...

"It's fine kid." Eraser had tucked his chin into his capture scarf so Izuku couldn't see his expression clearly, but he didn't sound mad, so that was good.