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How Lady Nagant Fits Into Wolfram’s Crew

Wolfram’s crew was a mix of guns-for-hire and quirk muscle, all practical and pragmatic criminals rather than ideological revolutionaries. Adding Lady Nagant, a disillusioned ex-hero turned hardened assassin, would elevate the entire squad’s threat level from “dangerous terrorists” to a serious world-class threat.

Skill Synergy:

Wolfram provides raw battlefield control with Metal Manipulation + Muscle Augmentation, reshaping the terrain and overwhelming opponents.

Nagant as a sniper would be the long-range precision asset, covering his crew from kilometers away. She could eliminate rescuers before they even reached the scene.

Professionalism:

Unlike Wolfram’s underlings who were just elite mooks (especially Daigo, Swordkil, Nobu), Nagant has field experience against both villains and heroes. Her assassin’s mindset and HPSC training would turn them from a blunt-force gang into a coordinated strike team.

Quirk Booster Possibility:

If Wolfram’s Quirk Amplifier was somehow preserved, Nagant could weaponize it. Imagine her Rifle Quirk — already able to curve and snipe in any conditions — supercharged to fire shells that could rip through entire buildings. She could essentially become an anti-air/anti-hero artillery platform.

How the Dynamics Change

Wolfram and Nagant: Wolfram is greedy, transparent, and violent, while Nagant is pragmatic and ideologically bitter about hero society. She might tolerate him because he doesn’t sugarcoat his intentions, similar to why she initially sided with All For One. However, tension would grow, since she’s calculating while Wolfram is brute-force and bombastic.

Nagant vs. The Crew:

She’d look down on Swordkil and Daigo as typical rent-a-goons but respect Nobu’s unusual Quirk.

The Hacker would become far more effective with Nagant providing cover; she’d snipe anyone trying to trace or disable his break-ins.

Together they’d balance each other — Nagant brings legitimacy, skill, and tactical insight, while the crew provides numbers and brute power.

Relationship to Overhaul (Kai Chisaki): In canon, Nagant drags Overhaul with her begrudgingly, seeing him as “useful.” If she met Wolfram’s crew first, she might see them as more reliable “cool-headed mercs,” ironically preferring their straightforward greed over HPSC lies. Imagine Wolfram mocking Chisaki’s pride, while Nagant keeps him around as a potential pawn.

The Bigger Threat They’d Pose

If they remained on the run after I-Island, and Nagant joined, the crew could:

Hijack tech or support gear expos (they already succeeded once).

Act as a pseudo–League of Villains auxiliary squad, being mercs who All For One or later Shigaraki could contract for difficult jobs.

Become a global mercenary unit, terrorizing Pro-Hero society across borders instead of just Japan. Lady Nagant’s skills would add an “international assassin” air to them.

Against Heroes:

Deku vs. Wolfram + Nagant would be dramatically harder. Deku would need to avoid terrain spikes, flying metal cubes, and a sniper rifle shooting him through every possible blind spot.

Even All Might would find himself slowed down, as Wolfram reshaped battlefields while Nagant fired precision suppressive shots designed to hit weak points.

Story/Character Angle

This “fusion” would also emphasize a thematic angle:

Wolfram = Selfishness and greed.

Lady Nagant = Disillusionment and betrayal by a corrupt hero system.

Together = The dark mirror of Pro Heroes teaming up. A sniper who once worked for the state and a thug who sells weapons would blend pragmatism and ambition into something more dangerous than either alone.

In fact, this setup could make them something like a proto–Hawks + Dabi duo: flashy carnage frontline (Wolfram) paired with a precision assassin who operates from the shadows (Nagant).

Conclusion

If Lady Nagant had joined Wolfram’s crew after I-Island, the group would transform from a one-off movie villain team into a recurring international mercenary faction. With her expertise, they’d go from smash-and-grab terrorists to a coordinated strike force capable of terrifying whole regions.

Wolfram would become a warlord figure with metal fortress powers.

Nagant would become his insurance policy, watching from above with every bullet bending around walls.