Iida wasnāt sure if murdering a man for revenge was classified asĀ āgood intentionsā (actually he was rather sure it wasnāt), but he appreciated Todorokiās words anyway. It was strange, he had never really spoken all that often with Todoroki before this incident. Admittedly, he wasnāt someone Iida had thought would suddenly appear to lend a hand. After saving each other from certain death, coming to each otherās rescue just in time, Iida would already classify Todoroki as someone of great importance to him.
Chuckling quietly, Iida nodded slightly. With more information to Todorokiās home life, it was easier to at least understand where the resentment started from. It only made Iida prouder of him for using his fire.Ā
āWell, Iām not really in the position to be lecturing you about being petty. Please, go ahead and enjoy this victory.ā Iida too would have to watch the interviews with the knowledge he had. Then again, Endeavor constantly looked upset, so would it really be that different? He supposed someone closer to the hero would be able to pick out the small details.Ā āFor what itās worth, Iāll at least know the truth.ā
In the end, it had been more than lucky that Todoroki had appeared on the scene; since he used his left side during the fight, it enabled them not to get in trouble with the police or with the school because of unlicensed heroics. As much as he didnāt appreciate the fact that they could have gotten in trouble for rescuing someoneĀ and taking down a dangerous criminal,Ā at least the consequences werenāt as severe as they could have been. Sure, they were injured, but that was to be expected from what happened. He was glad he showed up.
āYeah,āĀ Todoroki nodded.Ā āAnd for what itās worth, I think you got your revenge. You put the guy who hurt your brother behind bars for good.āĀ Just because he didnāt set out to do that initially didnāt mean that Iida didnāt succeed, at least in Todorokiās mind.
When he was younger, Todoroki wanted to see his father pay for what heād done to his mother. Heād dreaded becoming a hero like Endeavor if it meant he would be a bully to the ones who mattered, and heād loathed the decision to send his mother to the hospital, even after sheād hurt him so badly. If heād had his way back then, his father would have been served some just desserts. It took so long for him to dull that pain into surpassing him without using the power heād inherited from him, and now even that had dulled.
āWhat would you have done if you got what you wanted from that fight?āĀ Todoroki asked, mostly out of curiosity.