[ The panicked yelp that slips past the thief's mouth is a promising sign—they've finally broken this impasse, it seems. ]

Oh, I have a friend who's really great at these. Maybe I should call her right now? [ Akira joins Izuku in pondering out loud, even if he's not meaning to do that. Honestly, interrogating someone feels pretty bad but they need to get this guy to start talking. ] Or maybe you'll tell us everything?

[ He's hoping for the latter, actually. A moment later, it turns out that the threat involving curses is very effective. It's impossible not to notice how pale he's become after Izuku mentioned a detention center and it doesn't quite match how nonchalantly he tosses the bag filled with jewels in Izuku's direction. ]

What should we do now?

[ Technically, he started cooperating with them in the end... ]