Being a villain was easy for Nathan. He never wanted to be a villain, of course, he just wanted to make the world a better place in his own way.
And if he wanted to do that, he would have to limit the power of the hero association. The image they have created for themselves was well-curated, and well taken care of. In every sense of the meaning. Nathan was a victim of their "image".
Nathan was from an island near the south of the States. It was part of a huge massacre that was masked as a mission to "liberate" the island from villains. The ones that weren't found at night were taken the the States in the day.
It wasn't a surprise he turned to villainy, doing everything he could to inconvenience or stop the hero association. Now, he had created something that could stop them once and for all.
It was just a small device. It was in the testing phase, but he couldn't test it on himself. He didn't have any powers, but he knew someone that did.
It was like just another trap. Nathan would catch the number one hero and lure him in. He would do the routine. Use some bullets to distract him, maybe a spike floor. Then, trap him with the collar! It was a prototype and could be improved, but at least he could know if the concept worked.
This was all supposed to be a test, just something to prove his theory. The hero would be none the wiser. The hero he needed was, Jason. He had been through so many traps, that he would always wait until Nathan was done with setting off all of his traps before easily getting out of them.
He would be such an easy target. He's so lazy.
Well, that would have been a good thing if the prototype hadn't worked so damn well. Now he's stuck with a useless hero that does nothing but sit around. He might as well spend his time getting to know the hero. Who knows, maybe he'll have more secrets about the association than he could ever imagine.
He is the main hero after all.