Third-person POV
Roxas felt being dragged by Anko into the Tower, and Roxas, persuaded by Anko, registered for the first round of battles that would take place in the Tower. He did so, and both he and Anko are on their way to the first floor and round of battles with some random players in the game. They passed through what is now the Ruby Palace, and then, they swung by the Monument of Players. This monument registered every player that died in the game, including the dead 4,000, Sachi, and the recent ones like Anko himself.
Anko's username is Bicol18.
"Wait, why is your username Bicol?" Roxas traced the engraved username.
"I have a Filipino stepsister named Ylona," responded Anko, "and she and her mom are from Naga City, the Philippines."
"Oh…"
Roxas then gets a piece of paper lily he had folded last night, from his inventory and placed it in front of the monument.
The HUD appeared with a completed secret, contracted players-only achievement known as Discovering your Spirit Guardian's Username.
The reward? XPs to the next level.
"Wow…" Roxas stunned.
But then, a bit later, at the doors of the first floor, both encountered a man in a blue t-shirt and black pants, looking at the battleground for duels against players. That person was Ashikaga Haruto, Roxas' homeroom teacher from his school. That teacher, who formerly worked as a disaster preparedness instructor, was protective of his students, loved ones, and those he cared for, and had a survival-style of thinking and mindset.
Roxas was surprised to see him. "Haruto-sensei?"
Haruto heard him and looked at him, only to be surprised to see him in the Tower. "Roxas-kun? What are you doing here?"
"I am here for a few rounds with the players of this game," replied Roxas back.
"What? Are you?" Haruto responded while being surprised.
"Yes."
"Are you sure about that? That sounds unsafe."
"Come on, sensei, I'll be fine. How about you? You're still an NPC?" Roxas asked back
"Well…" Haruto replied while thinking, "…I couldn't do anything much, and I was placed in some sort of role that was fixed and couldn't be adjusted."
"That sounds like you're still an NPC."
"What is that term?"
Then Anko appeared before Haruto and replied, "That stands for Non-Playable Character."
"Huh? Who are you?" Haruto saw him. "Did you just appear out of nowhere?"
"Yes, my name is Tachibana Anko," Anko happily responded back, "and I am Roxas' spirit guardian."
"You are? You're dead?"
"Yes, and I am a dead player in this game."
Haruto couldn't believe his ears and eyes, while Roxas was confident and explained to Haruto about the circumstances of Anko's death.
After that, the young foreign player explained to his teacher in detail how he had Anko as his spirit guardian. Haruto was shocked to hear all those accounts from Roxas. "Wow, that was shocking, to be honest."
"Yes, it was," Anko replied back, "and we were close to each other very well."
After that, Roxas asked Haruto what he was doing in the Tower.
"I am here because some of my students are here, allegedly," answered Haruto back.
"Is that so?" Anko responded.
"Yes, maybe," Haruto said.
After that, Haruto warned Roxas not to go in, but Roxas assured him that he would be fine. Anko then added that he can heal Roxas with his spirit power.
"Okay, good luck," Haruto decided to agree with them.