He had passed out pretty soon from the extreme pain, emotional and physical added with the strain of overusing his Quirk. Not really knowing what to do, Makoto carried him home, Izuku following close behind. She didn't need to turn behind to see the dark expression on his face.

Izuku Midoriya had changed in the last month.

He felt as if he was walking in a trance, as if someone was subconsciously controlling his decisions. But it felt so nice, the warmth and the fact that he wasn't getting beaten up anymore, but the loss of control over his own self made him freak out at the late night hours.

Besides, he couldn't have fought it off even if he had wanted to.

The spell upon him was too strong.

Makoto's Quirk, Emotional Manipulation let her influence the emotions of someone, and even control them to an extent. Combined with the regenerative Quirk that had been planted into her, she suffered from little to no side effects at all. The metal strip that Izuku had noted kept her alive, alive meaning functioning. Technically, she was a walking corpse, a mish mash of Quirks brought together to make this one.

She was the tester, and so far had been doing fine.

Todoroki had been put into the guest room for the time being. Makoto had taken it upon herself to look after him, and make sure of things.

When the news reached All For One, he was elated. He was weakened after his fight with All Might, extremely so, which had put another crack in Tomura's shattered brain, and to hear about them being able to get their hands on the kid of the Number 2 hero was just the news he needed to cheer him up.

Now he just needed to get him to cross over to his side.

Makoto had reported visible signs of abuse on the boy, and had also mentioned that he hated his father and treasured a boundless love for his mother even though she had been the one to scar him forever. People are so different.

Humans. They had so much of individuality, that it was fascinating to observe them, manipulate them.

After all, to make wine, the grapes needed to be crushed first, right?