She slowly walked down the street.
Given her position, it was a place you would never think she would be. Anyone was free to go by on that road, she had no guards, and she merely mixed in with the general crowd. She had five helium-filled balloons in one hand and small children passing by looked at them with greedy eyes.
She held a cell phone in her other hand.
"Y'know, I'm supposed to be in charge of Item. It's always like this with you… Why are you always calling me for these things that don't even pay overtime?"
"What are you talking about? I'll admit I jumped the gun a bit on the whole Block thing. But my power can come back any number of times, so quit keeping the location of and information on Block from me! If I can get a hold of them again, there will be no damage done to Academy City."
"There's no problem damage-wise. Apparently, Group just took out Block in the juvenile hall a bit ago. They can't cause any more trouble."
"I-I see." The person on the phone seemed relieved. "Then I'll…"
"Yes," she said peacefully. "The threat presented by Block is gone, so you're no longer needed as their controller."
She could hear a gulp from over the phone.
He started hurriedly going on about something, but she wasn't listening anymore. Their discussion was over. She hung up and started walking through the crowd again.
She let go of one of the five balloons she was holding and it flew into the sky.
"Now then."
She didn't even bother to watch the disappearing balloon and toyed with the strings of the remaining balloons.
"I wonder what School's controller will say."