The Emperor's Dragon

The Groundwork for Failure

Nezu was, as many people knew, very intelligent. His quirk, High Spec, gave him increased intelligence. Contrary to popular belief, there were humans who had similar intelligence to him, but they were few and far between, and usually their intelligence was only in their area of speciality. He thought in far broader terms than them.

Which is why, watching All Might fight the villain All For One he was thinking of strategies to counter the issues that would arise. Because there were issues that would come from this.

All Might would win but the public nature of the battle was going to cause some problems. As a villain, All For One was very capable. Even his fall would inspire others. But that was a problem for active Heroes, which most of his staff were, but would not be an immediate consequence. He could think further on it before the consequences manifested.

The more immediate issue would be the Commission and their reaction to the first years going to rescue their companions. It wasn't so much the fact that they'd gone which would cause issues. It was the fact that they'd engaged.

If they'd have found a way to regain Bakugou without attacking the villains then he would have more options. As it was, he was going to have to answer questions about what was known about their 'rescue mission. From what he could deduce, it seemed that most of Class 1A and 1B knew of it. It was testament to their unity that someone hadn't informed the heroes. Even though it appeared to be purely happenstance, rather than intent on their behalf, Nezu liked that. The Commission wouldn't.

Which meant- UA could probably weather the fall out but... They were already bearing the fall out from the kidnapping and would not escape blame, at least in part, for the fight happening so publicly. There'd also be more questions about the kidnapping. This time, not from the media, but from the Commission.

They'd want to know everything since it appeared the majority of the villains had gotten away. The Commission would talk up the capture of All For One. They'd have to since he was fighting All Might but privately they'd want more answers.

Which meant they would find out about Uraraka and her possible connection to the villains. He was certain the young lady had no idea about her connection. The Commission wouldn't care.

Nezu nodded to himself. As much as he might not like it, he dealt with reality and in almost every scenario he could envisage, and he could envisage many, she was not going to remain a student of UA. The Commission would find out about the link, especially since one villain had been captured at the bar. Apparently one of the villains went to bed early and that villain was the one who had seen the favouritism shown to Uraraka.

The best case was that the Commission would keep it quiet, and use Uraraka to track down the villains but- He did not see them pursuing that option.

They'd want to be seen to be weeding out villain sympathisers. So short sighted.

So, Uraraka was going to be expelled. And... If she knew about the rescue mission he could use that as a public reason for it. It was unfortunate but it would shield UA and right at the moment, they needed that shield. There was a good chance that even without the students attacking the villains, Uraraka would have been found out but now it was almost a certainty.

He'd have a word with some of the other schools to see if they'd take her in next year but that was later and he certainly couldn't tell her.

Which left the issue of the villains that had gotten away.

All For One had obviously invested heavily in them. He would not have come out without that but... They were an issue that was not technically UA's responsibility. They were the responsibility of all Heroes but since they had shown a penchant for attacking UA facilities they had become one of his issues.