Just in case you didn't see the author's note I edited in on the last chapter - this is NOT a shipping fic and there will NOT be shipping. Platonic relationships - family and friends - are my jam and that's what I wanted to write. :) Also, as a reminder everything's pre-written and I will not be changing it except in cases of typos and very minor edits.

"Congratulations, you're the first hire, Secretary of State Toshinori Yagi."

"Thank you, my boy, I shall do my best to serve in the position as well as I am able."

"Don't thank me, Yagi-san. There's no one I trust more than you, which is why I'm very sorry to do this to you."

"Do what to me?"

"Your first task as Secretary of State will be to hold a press conference to let the public know what's going on. And that we're taking applications for government workers."

"Shit."

Izuku wasn't sure how long it took him to stop crying. He only barely stopped himself from rushing to hug Aizawa, which would've embarrassed both himself and his former teacher. He felt a bit more like himself afterward, and they all got down to business.

Everyone wanted to help, but few of them were quite sure what they could do, especially after Izuku gave a short summary of the previous day and the problems he'd discovered. Momo said that her parents would almost definitely want to help with going through commerce legislation. Todoroki was uncharacteristically enthusiastic about the prospect of reforming hero laws, but Izuku supposed he had reason enough for an interest in hero reform. Iida said his brother would be interested in the welfare system.

Izuku trusted them more than he would anyone else, and he would love nothing more than to have their help, but… it didn't seem quite right. They didn't know about running a government. He was supposed to be rebuilding a democracy, not… running it with blatant nepotism, handing out positions to his friends just because he liked them. He needed people who were qualified. There were probably lots of people out there more qualified than them for… for government reform. There were definitely lots of people more qualified than Izuku himself. Why? Why was this his problem?

Why did he feel like he couldn't let it be anyone else's problem?

It wasn't just about the nebulous fear of All for One coming back if Izuku dumped the responsibility he'd been handed on the next unsuspecting victim. He didn't want to acknowledge the small part of himself that wanted to be the one in charge of fixing things. It was the same part of himself that hadn't trusted the heroes to rescue Bakugou, that hadn't been surprised when he found Iida in an alleyway with the Hero Killer and no one else there to stop the consequences. The same part of himself that had decided to confront All for One on his own, because he decided it was his responsibility and there was no one else he could trust with the job.

That was a dangerous part of himself; he recognized that it might make it difficult to step down when the time came. That he might want to hold on to the position of dictator, because he'd never trusted any authority figure or institution with individual lives, much less with millions.

He came out of his thoughts to an awkward silence that had settled across the group. Aizawa hovered near the back of the group, as he had for most of the conversation. Yagi had kept a careful hand on Izuku's shoulder since he'd started crying and had yet to remove it.

He didn't have to start by trusting strangers or an entire institution. Villains he left in charge of the government while he was out aside, he could start with trusting those close to him.

"What do all of you think I should do?"

Izuku's friends appeared to collectively blink.

"Isn't it obvious, man? You're gonna fix the government and we're gonna help!"

"It's really not that simple, Kaminari."

"The hell it isn't," Bakugou snarled. "You'll always be a fucking useless Deku but even you can run things better than the assholes in charge before."

"Young Bakugou has a point, Young Midoriya. No one is expecting you to be perfect, and you have all of us as support."

"You'll need a lot of help. You'll be the death of me yet, Problem Child."

"Are you volunteering, Aizawa-sensei?" Izuku remarked with a wobbly grin.

"Might as well, if you'll take a quirkless old has-been. Investigation's never been my favorite thing, but you'll need someone who can do it, and as I said. All the help you can get." Aizawa returned a fierce grin. "I'll see if I can't drag a few familiar faces out of the shadows, since I'm assuming we won't have to hide for much longer."

"Not if I have anything to say about it." Izuku said. "By the way, Sensei, how did you survive? And where have you been until now?"

"For the first question: All for One took my quirk and ignored me afterward. Then one of the vigilantes who showed up grabbed me and booked it. For the second: a cat cafe."

"A… cat cafe?"

"You should be proud of yourself, you've dragged me away from a fantastic retirement home with your troublemaking."

Sure. A cat cafe. Maybe Izuku would get the real story out of him at some point. For now, he moved on to the next topic.

"I don't want to run the government solely on nepotism. But I trust you all, and I want you with me." He stood. He could do this. "I think I'll hold interviews for interim government workers. I don't have time to hold elections, and it's not going to look like this when we transition back to a democracy anyway. So I'll do this like a business - take applications for government positions, hold interviews. Maybe none of us know how to run a business or a country, but it wouldn't be the first time a background as a hero served as a job recommendation in itself. You've all just turned in your applications here, so you get the first round of interviews. That might not be the way things are supposed to work, but I'm the dictator now and that's what I say."

Izuku was pretty sure the cheering he heard was from Ashido and Hagakure. He ignored it.

"That also means you can fail your interview, so keep that in mind. Bring anyone else you think is qualified for a government position as well. Pick a department to apply for, research it, and be ready to explain the position you want and why you'd be qualified for it when you come in for an interview. Have a backup position ready in case I'm not convinced by your first idea, or I've filled it with someone else." He nodded. "Hopefully once that's done I'll have dragged enough information out of the villain squad to replace them, and then we can start actually sorting through things. Interviews start three days from now. Questions?"

"The villain squad?" Tsuyu asked, tilting her head. "You mean the ones who worked for All for One?"

"Shigaraki, Kurogiri, Gigantomachia, and Dabi. They're unfortunately running things at the moment. The rest ran off somewhere, keep an eye out for them."

"You didn't arrest the fuckheads yet?" Bakugou sounded genuinely curious beneath the usual outraged tone.

"They know where everything is. Including the finances, communication system, paperwork, and secrets from All for One and the former government."

"Here's my goddamn interview: I'm gonna blast their faces until they squeal every dirty little fucking secret their mamas ever told them."

"No, Kacchan, if I'm going to threaten them I'll do it myself. I'll keep you in mind as backup if I want it, though. Any other questions?"

"Yeah, um. When will you start the interviews for the general public?" Jirou asked. "It sounds like some of us have studying to do." She glanced in Kaminari's direction.

"I'll give it a week from the start of your interviews." Izuku hoped that would work. He was making this up as he went along.

"Well, I'd better get going," Aizawa said, turning to leave. "I've got people to find and a portfolio to put together. See you in three days." He waved as he left.

"I should go too," Sero said. "I'll get in contact with the other UA alumni, they might want to help out."

Izuku nodded. He'd see what the emails from the pro heroes he'd seen in his inbox had to say. He should probably get back to work, but he still needed to tell Todoroki about his brother and officially inform Yagi (and everyone else) of his new appointment as Secretary of State. He felt a pang of guilt over the latter. It wasn't going to be a fun job.

Izuku didn't have time to watch Yagi's press conference. He was too busy reading. There were so many things to read. There was old government paperwork. There was new government paperwork. There were All for One's strangely helpful notes on the practical aspects of running a government (which further illuminated how necessary the information held by the former League of Villains was). Once Dabi pointed Izuku in the direction of the library, Izuku usually filled any breaks he took from that with feverishly skimming books on political and government models as recommended by the top internet search results, which oddly coincided with All for One's own recommendations half the time (those had an entire section in All for One's database).

The database had an equally large section on running businesses as it did on government. Izuku figured that that was best saved till later, except for the part about payroll, which he read before he called in Shigaraki and had a very long and informative discussion on the state of the national treasury. After getting over the fact that Shigaraki could actually manage money properly - not a skill Izuku would've imagined him possessing - Izuku had a much better understanding of how many people he could hire and what sort of salaries he could give them.

They really did have a lot of positions to fill, he mused as he walked through empty hallways. Including janitors. The big empty Diet building wouldn't be empty for long, and All for One's lackeys had apparently stuck to the same few rooms, leaving the other rooms with their suspicious stains to gather dust. At least there weren't actual bodies lying around. He put janitors (and hazmat teams) on the list of things to do, a growing list that he kept in his phone and tried to avoid looking at too often. It had increasingly longer load times every time he pulled it up.

Halfway through the second day of reading (only really stopping for any significant time when he fell asleep at his keyboard), he enlisted Gigantomachia and Yagi to help him sort through the applications from the general public after the press conference. They were already starting to pour in on the website Dabi had set up for them, and Izuku clearly hadn't thought through just how many there would be. Gigantomachia caught on quickly to what criteria Izuku was looking for. Yagi himself needed little explanation. Izuku found himself hoping someone would locate Hatsume for the interviews, she'd be able to code something that could automate the process. Either way, he'd definitely be announcing a deadline on the applications, if only so all of Japan didn't send one in.

Kurogiri appeared occasionally, usually with food, water, coffee, and the occasional urgent report. Izuku also spotted him cleaning several times, and was pretty sure he was responsible for the comfortable-looking sofa that appeared in a corner of the office. Most of the reports had to do with villain unrest, but Kurogiri noted that the unrest was less than expected. Usually former pro heroes in hiding (or the ever-increasing number of untrained vigilantes) arrived on the scene first, and having lost their tacit support from the incumbent leadership the villains tended to be subdued quickly. The heroes themselves were getting bolder. Izuku took this as a good sign, because he needed one.

He was in a continuous state of exhaustion, though, which was probably why he responded as he did when Kurogiri cautiously asked if other members of the former League of Villains could show up for the first round of interviews.

"Sure, why the hell not," Izuku said after a long gulp of the coffee Kurogiri brought with him. "Though I might arrest them if they fail the interview. If they're here I can keep an eye on them and I won't feel as bad if they drop dead from exhaustion, but I won't hire them if they're not worth it. You'll be interviewed, too, by the way. Did I mention that already?"

"You did, yes."

This was probably a terrible idea, but thanks to whatever education program All for One had put them through, the League of Villains might actually be some of the more competent applicants. Wasn't that a depressing thought. He'd have to find a way to explain to everyone why he had villains working for him, but… maybe he'd keep them around until the criminal justice and prison reforms were done, and then he could arrest them without worrying about the legalities after the Constitution was reinstated. He should make those a priority. He pulled up All for One's notes and a copy of the Constitution, along with a book on criminal justice and rehabilitation. Oh right. Dabi had studied this. And he'd need money for the reforms.

"Get Dabi, Shigaraki, and more coffee," he told Kurogiri, who was still there for some reason, before leaning forward to rest his head against the cool wood of the desk. That was nice. He probably needed to stop calling the villains by their villain names. He was too tired to remember that now.

"Right away, Supreme Overlord."

"And stop calling me that," he mumbled into the desk. Not that the last 50 times he'd said that had any effect. Maybe the 51st would do the trick.

The morning of the first interviews was bright and sunny, which was irritating to Izuku's tired eyes since he hadn't slept a wink. He stumbled to a bathroom that for some reason had a shower, passing a snoring Gigantomachia and hovering Kurogiri on the way. If Izuku didn't know better he'd think the sentient smoke was worried. Just his imagination, he was sure. As were any deeper assumptions to be made about the fact that the business suit he found when he came out of the shower fit him perfectly.

He left the tie off, and the jacket as well once he looked in the mirror and realized that the outfit resembled All for One's. The vest stayed; it had pockets. Pockets that held Izuku's own stash of quirk suppressants and tranquilizers. The shirt and pants were likewise of a cut that hid some of Izuku's more inconspicuous gadgets, which had been left alongside the suit. The care taken in the transfer was appallingly professional. He'd feel more secure in his full hero gear, but it had disappeared and Izuku was too tired to figure out where it went. He'd punch its location out of Kurogiri later if he had to; he was fairly certain of the identity of the culprit. The bathroom door was locked.

He woke up Yagi, who also stumbled to the bathroom, while Izuku tried to tame his hair into some semblance of order. He gave up quickly. At some point Gigantomachia woke up and wandered off - probably to freshen up himself, since he refused to leave Izuku's general vicinity otherwise - and Shigaraki wandered in, startling a bit at Izuku's appearance. It was probably the fact that Izuku wasn't wearing the clothes he'd been in for the past few days.

"The NPCs are gathering in the lobby." Shigaraki said.

Izuku sighed. "Kurogiri - I mean Shirakumo? Would you go make sure everyone stays in the lobby and doesn't need anything?" He'd be the least likely of this bunch to start a fight with the interviewees.

"Yes, Supreme Overlord."

Izuku sighed harder.

Gigantomachia returned as Shigaraki left. Izuku thought he heard a muttered "I see it now" from Shigaraki.

He wasn't sure what that was about, but it didn't matter. It was time to start the interviews.

"Gigantomachia, I assume you're going first, since you're here?"

"I will stay, Supreme Overlord. Assassination attempts are likely."

"I don't have the energy to argue with you. But you'll have to stay outside the room while I'm interviewing everyone else."

"I will not. There are many heroes. Heroes can't be trusted."

"I'm a - never mind. I'm sure you didn't argue with All for One when he told you to wait elsewhere, so I will have you show me the same respect if you're going to work for me, which you seem to want."

"I disapprove, but will comply."

"Good. So why should I keep you at all?"

"I will guard your safety, as All for One wished. You will have to remove me by force. This will be difficult."

"I don't doubt it, but I will if I have to."

"Also, I am a good personal aide."

"Better than I expected, really. You aren't looking for more than that?"

"No. Anything for my Master, and now for you."

"Well, I suppose it's as good a way to keep an eye on you as any. I can tell anyone who argues to try removing you themselves. Just don't break any buildings or people, or I will remove you by force."

"Good. I will wait outside now, Supreme Overlord."

"Yaoyoruzu-san, thank you for coming. I've had the honor of working with your daughter for the past few years."

"Momo has wonderful things to say about you, Midoriya. Oh, I apologize, it's Supreme Overlord Midoriya now, isn't it?

"No. No, Midoriya is fine."

"Ahaha. Well, as you can see from my resume, I am applying for a position in the Department of Commerce. I think I will be an excellent addition, as our family has generations of experience with business law and economics, which I've studied myself - with the family quirk, of course, it's important to be careful when running our companies. I've left my husband in charge of those, by the way, so I can focus my full attention on this position should you hire me."

"I suppose I should warn you now that if you use your position to make provisions that favor your family's businesses, that you will be discharged immediately and probably receive prison time? Depending on how we decide to handle criminal law."

"I would expect nothing less."

"Great! Why don't you explain how you would handle the Department of Commerce if you were in charge of it."

"Stealing your boss's clothes isn't a good first impression for an interview, Shirakumo."

"I apologize if I've overstepped, Supreme Overlord, but I took the liberty of washing your hero suit while ensuring that you appeared professional to the public."

"You mean it stunk to high heaven. I suppose I can overlook it this time, but ask next time. I'm not Shigaraki, I don't need to be tricked into taking care of myself."

"Very well."

"So, what department are you applying for?"

"Diplomatic relations. I believe my credentials are obvious, though I've taken the liberty of including my resume with a fresh cup of coffee."

"Dammit."

"I'm sorry, Supreme Overlord?"

"You're right, you're perfect for the position, you've got years of experience smoothing relations between tantrum-throwing villains. You can handle challenges that would make actual diplomats soil their pants. Your Warp Gate is pretty much indispensable right now. And you're still the only one who knows where a lot of things are, like the coffee. I hate the fact that I can't get rid of you so much."

"Thank… you? Oh, and while we're on the subject, may I recommend a stronger brand of quirk suppressants? The ones you are carrying will work, but there are better ones available on the current market."

"So much."

"I've been talking with my brothers Natsuo and Touya."

"That was not the opening I thought you'd go for, Todoroki."

"We'd like to reform the hero system. We don't want another Endeavor. We've got a plan."

"Huh. I believe Natsuo Todoroki was studying health and welfare?"

"He was."

"With Da… Touya Todoroki studying criminal justice and rehabilitation, and you as an actual hero who graduated from UA. Sounds like a promising combination. Why don't you tell me about this plan?"

"Hey, Guinea Pig! How have you been treating my babies? Wearing suits now? I bet I could make the best formal wear for all your Overlordly needs!"

"Hi, Hatsume. How quickly do you think you could write a program to intelligently filter applications for government positions?"

"Give me the criteria and thirty minutes!"

"I'm definitely going to regret this. We have an hour. Do it and you have a position in the Ministry of Science and Technology."

"Izuku, honey!"

"Mom? Are you applying for a position?"

"No, dear, I've just been worried. You haven't been home for four days."

"... Sorry, Mom, I know I should've called."

"You promised, Izuku."

"I know, Mom, I'm so sorry. I've just been so busy…"

"I know, dear. You have the next hour with me, right?"

"I guess. No offense, but I should probably get back to the actual -"

"Nonsense. You'll lay down on that sofa over there and stay there until my interview time is over, I can tell you haven't been sleeping again."

"Uh…"

"Argue or sleep, honey."

"... Thanks, Mom."

"You want to be… a janitor, Kaminari?"

"Yeah, man, Jirou was trying to tell me to find a department and study up, but I know I'm just not cut out for this stuff. But someone's gotta clean the place, someone who won't sneak paperwork out or whatever they do in the movies."

"You're hired."

"What?"

"You'll get the details later on what sort of crew you can hire to help you out."

"What?"

"So, uh, Supreme Overlord Midoriya, my brothers and I -"

"Shouto Todoroki already told me about your plans for the hero system and promised to keep an eye on you. You can stay for now."

"Wow. I never thought you'd actually go for it."

"It's a great plan. I have to ask: why did you stay? The others all are essentially brainwashed, but you don't seem stupidly loyal like they are."

"Shouto told you about our old man, right?"

"He did."

"Well, my goal in life was pretty much to see the bastard taken down. I got to see that, so… I guess I don't have much left. Except maybe making sure bastards like him don't get away with that shit ever again."

"Makes sense. Well, as I said, you can stay, but one toe out of line -"

"And I'll find myself with a one-way ticket to outer space, got it."

"YEEEEAAAH MAN!"

"Yamada-sensei, I have the highest respect for you as a former teacher and a hero, but I have a headache and that is not helping."

"Sorry, dude, I just can't believe I used to teach Japan's most rockin' Supreme Overlord! When my man Aizawa told me you needed peeps, I couldn't just sit around."

"I'm not a 'Supreme Overlord', I'm temporarily in charge of an interim government until things settle down. Anyway, what position are you here for?
"PR, my man! Just 'cause you're taking a break from the hero gig doesn't mean the listeners don't need to know what's kicking. It'll keep folks calm to know their totally awesome Supreme Overlord has their best interests in mind with all the stuff you've got going on."

"Well, I suppose Yagi-san would appreciate not having to do all the press conferences. And don't call me that."

"Tensei Iida, thanks for coming! I've been a fan of your work for a while, and your brother always has great things to say about you."

"Why, thank you! It's a bit rare these days to meet fans of the old Ingenium."

"Er, well, yes, definitely that too, but I meant the charity work you've been doing. You've helped so many people, and the Tensei Iida Foundation was one of the few nonprofits that refused to close after the recent coup."

"With the welfare system down and hospitals overflowing, people need help now more than ever."

"I agree entirely. So, would I be wrong in thinking that that's why you're here?"

"Not at all. I saw enough problems with the welfare system before everything went down, so since my little bro said you're going to be cleaning things up, I thought I'd see if you wanted help with a bit of welfare reform."

"That does sound like something I might be interested in. What do you have in mind?"

"Alright, Tenko Shimura, you've got your work cut out for you. You've been the leader of a bunch of real nuisances, which is why it'll take some convincing for me to keep you around."

"I'll tell you where all the best villain hideouts are. Sensei said you'd like that. Perks of being the GM."

"For a job, Shimura."

"Do you know how much food Japan imports every year? It's stupid. We've got all this room in our territory, might as well use it. No one wants to be rural any more, the heroes all hang out in cities because they're show-offs, so everyone's in the cities because they think they'll be 'protected' or whatever. Most of the people out in the sticks are either hiding from the pros or too old to do the 'smart' thing and move. Sensei had so many bases that never got discovered just because the nearest village was full of idiots who couldn't, or just didn't, get out of their own front doors."

"That sounds like a problem."

"It's a problem, alright. Easy solution though. The NPCs are out there already, I'll get them to work. Can't be harder than dealing with the Paranormal Liberation Front trash mobs. Invest some gold, and we'll get a guild going. Old folks can educate the noobs, we incentivize the noobs to do some actual work. Have them deal with the forests too, you never know what you'll find in there so someone's got to."

"That sounds… workable. Maybe. I'm sure there's more to it than that?"

"Got a fucking pen, Your Mightiness?"

"Tsukauchi? You aren't going back to your old job with the police?"

"An old friend of mine said you'd need helping with restructuring the National Public Safety Commission as part of your criminal justice and hero industry reforms. He asked me to apply."

"A recommendation from the Secretary of State is definitely helpful, but I'd like to hear a bit more from you personally. So, what changes would you want to make to the police department if you could?"

"Natsuo Todoroki. Your brothers have already been through here. Do you have anything to add to the plan they presented?"

"No."

"You're hired, looking forward to working with you."

"Twice? I can't believe you actually showed up."

"Jin Bubaigawara, pleased to meetcha. No, you idiot, you're terrified to meet him!"

"So what do you think you can do for me that'll keep you out of prison?"

"Occupational Health and Safety's my field, you won't find anyone more motivated than me! I'm gonna die. I came here for a job and I'm gonna die."

"I'll let you have your best shot at convincing me for the next hour, if that's any comfort."

"That's a terrible comfort. No, wait, here's my resume, see -"

"Uraraka-san, I'm pleased to meet you."

"Pleased to meet you too, er, Supreme Overlord Midoriya, Ochako has told my wife and I so much about you!"

"Er… I'm sure, yes. Please call me Midoriya. Your daughter is a good friend of mine and a great hero."

"We're so proud of our little girl. She told us you're looking for people, and, well, I'm a simple man and don't know much about politics, but she thinks you could use my help, so I'm here."

"I'm sure I've got a place for you. I know you run a construction company, Uraraka-san?"

"Yep. I took it over from my old man, who took it over from his. Runs in the family. We've dealt with plenty of permits and building codes and such, so I guess I'm not completely ignorant when it comes to law."

"How much do you know about urban infrastructure?"

"I could probably tell you a thing or two. You see -"

"I gave you my goddamn interview."

"Kacchan, that wasn't an interview. That was a threat. You need to tell me a position you're applying for, that I will consider useful, and threatening the temporary hires isn't an open position right now."

"The hell… temporary hires?"

"What can I say, they convinced me they'd be useful."

"What the fuck. Well then, you at least need to ditch Craggy McMountain and get a bodyguard who you can trust. I don't care if you hire me, I'm fucking volunteering."

"I don't need a bodyguard, but maybe I have someone else who needs one. Kacchan, how would you feel about making sure anyone who decides to go after my mother regrets it?"

"It would be my fucking pleasure."

"Aizawa-sensei? Good, you're in charge of intelligence and internal affairs. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to spend the next hour asleep on the sofa. I'm sure you'll understand."

"I'll leave a list of sleeping bag recommendations on your desk."

"Thanks."

The final day of the interviews ended long after the sun went down. Izuku couldn't remember being more exhausted in his life. He was currently facedown on the sofa.

"How are things looking with the departments, Young Midoriya?" asked an even more scarecrow-looking Yagi. Yagi had been hard at work helping the new hires settle in, sending out regular press releases (until Present Mic took over the job), and mostly doing Izuku's job while Izuku was interviewing people.

"Oh. Right. While all of them definitely need more people, we don't have anyone in charge of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology. I think they're all scared of Hatsume. Shimura will give up his position in charge of the Ministry of Finance as soon as we find someone to take over. We've got a lot of different branches of the Ministry of Justice but no one to really coordinate them. No one cares much about the Ministry of the Environment. A lot of former pros seem to care about the Department of Defense but no one's quite right for it so far. Tsuyu is working with Selkie to put together a proper coast guard, but that's about it. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has people for the first two and no one for the last two. We have almost no international relations to worry about at the moment, so Kurogiri has been helping Aizawa-sensei with internal affairs, but he can't keep doing that once the ambassadors start returning."

"That's… not too bad, actually. A lot of departments must have people in charge of them."

"They do." Izuku offered a wobbly smile. "We even have janitors. Mineta was scared away from interviewing by Gigantomachia, but he and Kaminari have been cleaning offices and running errands for everyone since Wednesday. They recruited Kirishima, Sero, Ojirou and Satou to help out. They'll all pick departments to shadow twice a week, and clean the rest, and they'll reapply if they find a place that suits them."

"I've seen some of your other classmates around as well."

"Momo, Iida, and Uraraka are interning with their relatives in Commerce, Welfare and Infrastructure respectively. Tokoyami, Shinsou, Jirou, Hagakure and Shouji are working with Aizawa-sensei in Intel. Ashido and Aoyama are helping out Yamada-sensei with PR. I'm sorry about Kouda. He's in Agriculture with Shimura. Oh, and I've got Compress with Twice over in Labor, by the way. I mean Sako with Bubaigawara. Should keep an eye on that."

Yagi placed a hand on his back. "Get some rest, my boy. Everything's going as well as can be expected. I'm here." It'll be alright, he didn't quite say, though Izuku heard it anyway.

There was still so much to do. General interviews started tomorrow, and while the applications had been filtered with Hatsume's brilliant program and many could be held by the people in charge of the various departments rather than Izuku, he still would have plenty of interviews to conduct himself.

He had so much reading to do. He'd barely scratched the surface of the knowledge he needed, but now that he had people he'd be busier than ever making sure they were doing what they needed to do. Whatever that was. The former villains were probably the ones with the best idea about what was going on, and Izuku still hated that fact.

He needed to make sure all the plans for reforms were properly coordinated, especially ones that spanned multiple departments and industries. He had people he trusted on criminal justice reform, but he couldn't rest easily until it was in place and working. He needed to reform Quirk regulations… too…

Izuku drifted off, lulled by the hand steadily rubbing his back.