The Emperor's Dragon

Hero Politics

The Principal gave them a moment to think before he looked around. "There are a number of issues," Nezu said. "They are not mutually exclusive, but they are not completely intrinsically linked. The solution to one does not necessarily weigh upon the other solutions but they may influence them," he added.

Nighteye nodded. That was a very fair assessment.

"There's only one real problem," Commissioner Sozo grumbled.

Nezu turned his furry head to the side as he looked at the Commissioner, obviously wondering which problem the man thought was the largest.

The Commissioner just looked back before gesturing towards All Might. "His reveal of his civilian persona!" he stated.

Yagi looked a bit chagrined but quickly recovered.

"That's one issue," Nezu agreed mildly.

Mirai knew the Principal but not well, so he mostly knew of the Principal. With what he knew, he rather imagined Nezu had lists he kept about everyone and one of those lists was how intelligent he thought they were. The Commissioner was obviously being marked down. A lot.

"What others are there?" The Commissioner demanded.

Nighteye could see that Nezu was almost disbelieving at the question. The principal dealt with students who, no doubt, asked somewhat silly questions at times but students were expected to ask those questions. They were learning. The Commissioner was expected to have thought about these things.

"The reveal of a villain who can and did fight AlI Might," Mirai answered for Nezu, allowing his tone to make it clear this was not the only issue.

"The villains who got away," All Might added but there was an uncomfortable catch in his voice.

"Covering the losses from last night," Nezu said. The Commissioner may not think Gran Torino was much of a loss, but it was still very much touch and go for Best Jeanist. Gang Orca and Mount Lady were injured and would require time off to heal. Tiger had gotten away with Ragdoll and so had avoided injury. Ragdoll was still unconscious but from what Tiger said, she was most likely quirkless. They did have to think about the losses and how to minimise them in the minds of the public.

"Alright, there are more issues but at least some are self-inflicted," Sozu added the jab.

Toshinori just gave him a crooked smile. The Commissioner and the Commission would be on the hook for them as well, at least in the court of public opinion and often that was enough, especially with a villain like All For One.

"We know who the villains were who got away," the Principal said, as he moved on, "so we can start monitoring their known associates and haunts," he dismissed the matter.

Mirai saw the way Toshinori's lips tighten at the statement. There was something more he knew about those who got away, and it had to be something All For One had told him but he didn't seem willing to share. At least, not yet.

The Commissioner nodded. "We should be able to take care of them quickly," he murmured before he sighed. "As for the existence of this All For One," he paused and did not look happy. "At least he has been captured," Sozo said finally.

Nighteye was kind of interested in that reaction. The former Commissioner, Soukan had been far more interested in All For One. He'd been interested in finding All For One's son on the assumption that the boy wasn't quirkless but had a copy of his father's quirk. Then, Soukan would have come up with some excuse to have the boy work for the HPSC. Sozo was less interested in that.

"True," Mirai agreed, "but-" He sighed. "He will embolden others."

"Then we will put them down," Sozo growled. The way he said it made it clear he thought prison was too good for them.