Whatever it takes

Chapter 28

After a nice lunch with his family, and his mom getting teary-eyed at the end, apologizing for always neglecting him, it was finally 8 PM, and he was in front of UA with Aizawa.

"Okay Yagi, let me properly explain Hero job structure," said Aizawa.

"Yes sensei," said Izuku.

"Here I am not your sensei, I am Eraserhead," said Aizawa.

"Yes Eraserhead," said Izuku.

"So listen. Japan has over 100,000 heroes. There are heroes heading agencies. They get regular pay to patrol and solve cases and a budget to maintain the agency. The higher they are in ranking, the more they are paid. But even the Hero with the lowest ranking gets enough to maintain his daily life," said Aizawa.

"Hai sense- I mean Eraserhead," said Izuku.

"Okay. Next are sidekicks or those heroes who work under an agency. They get a salary depending on the agency. Alongside, if they are in the top 10,000 heroes, they get bonus salary from the hero association," said Aizawa.

"The third type of hero is what most underground heroes and you are. They are called freelancers. I used to be one, but then I joined UA and started doing regular patrols. So these types of heroes do not get regular pay. Instead, they apprehend known criminals with rewards on them," said Aizawa.

"Like bounty hunters?" asked Izuku.

"Yes. however, that isn't very economical. So there is one more way to get enough money to support yourself. And that is what we will do today," said Aizawa.

"What is it?" asked Izuku.

"We take on cases and solve them. This makes us money," said Aizawa.

"Okay," said Izuku.

"Now these cases are divided into the standard ranking, with the easiest being Class-D and the most dangerous being Class SSS," said Aizawa.

"So which one are we gonna take on today?" asked Izuku.

"A kidnapping one. A 12-year-old boy was kidnapped by someone. It's a B-rank case. You are a D-rank hero because you have just started, so technically you can only take D-rank cases, but I am an A-rank hero so we can take a joint B-rank case," said Aizawa.

"Hai sensei. Let me just call you sensei because you're still teaching me," said Izuku.

"Whatever problem child," said Aizawa with an irritated expression hiding a smirk.

'This year's batch is nice,' thought Aizawa.

"Anyways, so the file of the case and investigation?" asked Izuku.

Aizawa handed him the file. The son was of a wealthy businessman, and it was for a ransom.

"So... he was returning from school. Can I get a map?" asked Izuku. Aizawa was confused.

"So considering the call came 3 hours after the kidnapping, the route from his school to home should be one of these... there are cameras here, here, and here... got it," said Izuku and then turned to Aizawa.

"I want to see the CCTV footage of the cameras here," said Izuku.

Aizawa did as he said, and a few hours later, they were at the sixteenth stop, checking some footage.

"Problem child, we have been to 15 more places. What are you trying to do?" asked Aizawa.

After a few minutes, he finally saw the kid.

"So this is the route he took. Okay..." said Izuku.

He then sat there for a few minutes, watching the video.