章 1997: 16
Majima walked into the staff room after school and made a beeline for the couch, face planting onto it with a groan, "Eraser, never let me give you a hard time about your problem children again."
Aizawa snorted, but didn't even look up from the paper he was grading, "Serves you right."
"You have problem children this year?" Yamada grinned as he looked up from his own paperwork. "That must be fun! What are they like?"
Majima lifted his head off the couch just enough to look him in the eye, "You'll know soon enough. They've decided to use one of your students as an extra credit project."
Nedzu hid his smile behind his teacup, knowing full well exactly which students Majima was talking about. Of course, he hadn't had a chance to peek at the cameras for class 1-F just yet, he still had a school to run after all, but Midoriya and his friend Hatsume had so much chaotic potential that there was little chance that Majima was talking about anyone else. The only question now was which student had they chosen as their victim.
"I'm the homeroom teacher for 1-C." Yamada said slowly. "What would a couple of support course students want with a gen-ed kid?"
Majima sighed in exhaustion and sat up, "They've decided that one of your kids is getting into the hero course, and that they're helping him do it."
"...Can they even do that?" Snipe asked.
"There's nothing in the rules against it!" Nedzu said cheerfully. "It might have taken a few loopholes if they were teachers, but since they're all students, then they're simply helping their friend, correct?"
"Of course you know exactly who I'm talking about." Majima muttered. "You do know this is your fault, right? If it was just Hatsume, I could handle it, I've had plenty of students like her in the past, but whenever she's combined with your protege…"
"Wait, you have a protege?!" Yamada yelled, making Aizawa finally look up from his papers to cancel his quirk, not that Yamada noticed or even cared. "You never take personal students! What even is this kid?!"
"A hellspawn, probably." Aizawa said. "He has to be if he caught the rat's attention."
Nedzu simply smiled and let his faculty form their own opinions. Many of them already knew about Midoriya and some had even met him, but the few who hadn't were all listening to the conversation with a mixture of curiosity and fear. All Might in particular looked vaguely terrified after the...chat that Nedzu had had with him the other day. Not that the scolding had been undeserved, of course, but it meant that he was probably a bit more primed to be scared of Midoriya's potential and of Nedzu's interest in him.
Nedzu was honestly more disappointed that All Might had forgotten about Midoriya after accidentally showing him his weakness than he was about the whole telling him not to be a hero thing. Nedzu was still a bit upset, since heroism had apparently been Midoriya's lifelong dream, but the fact was that he was quirkless. As sad and terrible as it was, Nedzu couldn't pretend that Midoriya wouldn't be at a distinct natural disadvantage not just in combat, but in the flashy popularity contest that defined the industry. It probably didn't matter which hero he had asked, they probably would have given the same answer, so at least All Might had tried to be polite about it.
Forgetting about the boy, however, was a much more serious offense. If Midoriya had secretly been a villain or had taken All Might's advice badly, it could have been disastrous for all of Japan. Even if All Might had been 100% certain that Midoriya would never use his weakness against him, the boy's knowledge of it would make him an appetizing target for the many villains that had a vendetta against the number one hero. By not communicating the encounter to anyone, not even Tsukauchi, All Might had put not only himself, but also an innocent civilian in danger, which was idiotic no matter what ranking he held. Nedzu would have to keep an eye on him while he was at UA to make sure he didn't endanger a student like that again.
Which brought Nedzu to his next concern, which was the heroics exercise he had observed that afternoon. It had been...decent...but All Might obviously hadn't known when it was appropriate to stop a match to prevent undue harm. Teaching students combat was tricky, since they obviously didn't yet know how much force was appropriate for certain situations. Some tended to use too little, so afraid of causing harm that they limited their own effectiveness, while others like young Bakugo tended to go overboard and use too much. It was a hard line to balance, especially for someone like All Might who was perfectly capable of punching away all of his problems, but it was one of the most important things that their students would learn over the course of their three years there, which meant that it was something that All Might would need to improve on sooner rather than later. Thankfully, the other teachers would be able to pick up the slack.
Speaking of the other teachers…
"Honestly, as much as I hate to admit a man is right…" Kayama drawled, "I think Aizawa might be right about this one. It's the green haired one, right, Nedzu? Midoriya?"
Nedzu nodded and gestured for her to continue as the rest of the teachers leaned forward slightly in anticipation and curiosity.
"When I showed up to teach today, the kid was leading his classmates in a revenge plot against the hero students." Kayama licked her lips and smiled. "It was delicious."
Nedzu didn't know whether to be proud, concerned, excited or angry, so he settled on gathering more information before making that decision, "Do you know which student?"
Kayama shrugged, "Not quite sure. I do know he's a first year and apparently bullied the poor boy. I love their idea of revenge, though! The mischievous little imps are going to do a bunch of subtle things to make the kid miserable, so just look for which of the first years encounters more than his fair share of daily frustrations and you'll have your target."
There were easier ways to find the child, if one just hacked into the right records. If all went well, as it undoubtedly would, Nedzu would have this boy's name by the end of the night, "And he was a bully, you said?"
"Uh, Nedzu, sir?" All Might said hesitantly. "Please tell me that you're going to stop this rather than joining in…"
All Might visibly gulped at the sharp smile Nedzu gave him, "Now, All Might, one of the goals of a teacher is to help one's students accomplish their goals! What kind of a teacher would I be if I didn't give Midoriya any assistance.
"B-but…"
"Don't bother." Aizawa said. "That kind of pettiness is right up Nedzu's alley, so at least he's only going to be taking it out on one brat rather than the whole of humanity. The only thing he'll have to worry about is the conspiracy theorists trying to accuse the kid of being his secret love child or something."
"So!" Yamada grinned. "I get to meet the little listener? Which of my students has he adopted?"
"I think Midoriya said his name is Shinso." Powerloader sighed. "He has a brainwashing quirk."
"Ah! Good choice, I approve!" Nedzu chirped. He remembered Shinso from the exams, of course. It was a shame that he didn't get enough points, but despite his and Aizawa's best efforts, the school board had shot down every single one of the alternate exam ideas they had proposed, leaving Shinso in general education until he was able to prove himself during the sports festival.
"Brainwashing?" Aizawa asked.
"It's an intriguing quirk, I can see why Midoriya was drawn to it!" Nedzu chirped. "Young Shinso can control anyone provided that they answer one of his questions."
"And of course, it's useless against robots." Aizawa muttered and dragged a hand down his face. "Please tell your protege not to only focus on the kid's quirk. With a drawback like that, he'll have to be able to fight without it."
"Oh, you don't have to worry about that." Nedzu dismissed. "I do believe that Midoriya would be the last person to limit a person based entirely on their quirk."
"Oh?" Kayama asked. "And why is that?"
There was a moment of tense silence before All Might, to Nedzu's surprise, answered, "Because he's quirkless."
"That explains it." Aizawa said after a moment. "If he caught your attention, he obviously doesn't let it limit him. Good. Now let's see if the other problem child sees it the same way."
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