No one said he couldn't be a villain

Not so easy

Okay so assisting the villains wasn't as... easy as Izuku had first thought. Well, he didn't think it was easy to begin with but it was getting frustrating with how little progress he was making towards the goal. Izuku knew it wouldn't be as easy as finding them on the internet or walking in to some obviously signed building titled "super evil villain HQ". That wouldn't last long even if it did exist.

So Izuku had to rely on the fault of the heroes in order for him to find the villains. It's not like they always capture them, sometimes heroes mess up in that. All Izuku had to do was follow them and if he lost them he'd make a note of where and the direction they were headed so he can get a general idea of where they're all going.

Honestly the fact that no one else has done this already shows how lazy the police force had become with the rise of villains, Heroes and quirks as well as how little the heroes care after their victory. For them the attention they get is a lot more important than finishing the job.

Regardless Izuku should be thankful, if the heroes actually did a good job he wouldn't be able to get anywhere with locating the villains. Then again he might have not even been on this path if the heroes were true heroes.

All of this had lead him to where he is now. The countless research on where conflicts were taking place across the city, where villains that had got away were last seen and attempting to follow the villains so he could locate where he can find them. In retrospect sounded awfully dangerous and very stupid. You could even argue it was suicidal.

What was he even going to do when he found them? He can't just walk in and say 'hi I want to help you fight the heroes I haven't got a quirk but I know lots of things about them!' They'd probably laugh or kill him. Most likely both.

Definitely both.

Anyway! it's led up to this Izuku yet again at another battle between a hero and a villain, who'd decided to cause chaos for some yet unknown reason. Izuku, keeping his distance from the crowd that had gathered but still able to see the fight well enough where he stood, had already noticed some weaknesses in the heroes quirk that the villain could exploit.

They had a quirk that appeared to allow them the ability to manipulate the earth beneath them however Izuku noticed when ever they're had to lose contact with the ground in order to avoid an attack their control stoped as well as it having a limit on the distance their quirk still had affect. The villain on the other hand seemed to have some form of control over air currents.

To other people seemed useless against the defence the rocks created but for Izuku all the villain needed was one good hit in order to use their quirk to force the other off the ground and hold them there to finish them off and other wise stay just out of reach of the heroes quirk, which in it's self could cause the hero enough aggravation to drop their guard for the villain to strike.

Soon enough though the villain had gotten a better idea and began to flee. However due to the large crowd and the limit on their quirk, they were only just able to get over by propelling themselves. This placing the villain to run straight in Izuku's direction with the hero taking it as a victory basking in the cheers from oblivious people.