Third person POV
And then, Roxas' opponent for his second battle in the Tower teleported to the second floor. That person is Evil Keita, one of Kirito's friends, and he was very surprised to see Roxas in person, for he had heard about him from his friends. Eiji then ran to the observation deck while praying for Roxas to survive in this second battle.
"Hello there…" Evil Keita said to Roxas with a smirk while wielding his weapon, "…you must be Roxas, right?"
Roxas and Anko were taken aback by this with some shock, and Anko then went back into Roxas' body.
"Alert!" Anko responded. "That guy is Keita, the leader of the Black Moonlit Cats, and…he was supposed to be long dead!"
"Um…what do you mean by that, Anko-kun?" Roxas replied back while his hand was going to the hilt of his Bicol Blade.
"Kirito, the normal Kirito, was guilty of his death, alongside others like Sachi!" Anko responded.
"Woah, really?"
"Yeah, Roxas-kun, and it seemed to be that Akihiko-san had resurrected Keita-san back to life to be one of the Elite Players."
Roxas's mind hissed. "That Akihiko-san…he is such a maniac…That's it, I'll bring back Keita-san back to life, for I believe in the resurrection…"
This was interrupted when Evil Keita darkly chuckled at him while wielding his weapon.
"Oh, that boy must be your spirit guardian, right?" Evil Keita asked Roxas about Anko while readying his skills with his weapon.
Then, Roxas became serious and tough. "Yeah, that was Anko, my friend and spirit guardian. My name is Roxas Torre Agbayani-Nietes of Iloilo City, the Philippines! My username is Spark78Reformed!"
The last sentence of his line was said with a declaratory tone of his voice.
"Oh, a foreigner, eh?" Evil Keita chuckled darkly.
"Yes, I am," Roxas responded back, "and I am proud of my nationality and ethnicity."
"Okay then. Now, shall we begin our round here, shall we?"
Wielding his sword firmly with sheer, authentic bravery, Roxas replied back, "Yes, I am!"
And so, their round on the second floor had begun. Evil Keita held his weapon and lunged at Roxas. "I'll finish you on a whim!" Roxas then dodged his attack and clashed back with his sword. Both sides then struggled to knock each other out.
Anko did his best to help and guide his vessel as much as he can.
"Do you think you would pass this round?" Evil Keita said to Roxas while taunting him.
He tried to push Roxas out, but Roxas, aided by Anko, managed to push him back in response.
Both sides then continued to clash with each other for a couple of minutes.
Roxas, aided by his Filipino values of determination and persistence, then almost managed to defeat his opponent by disarming him when Evil Keita, having become smart, stabbed him in the chest.
"Ha! Die!" Evil Keita said to him with an evil smile.
Roxas felt pain, but is not dying at all. Eiji was nervous.
As Evil Keita pulled his weapon out, Anko immediately healed Roxas up, and this took Evil Keita aback in disbelief.
"What? How?" Evil Keita couldn't believe his eyes.
Roxas, now no longer feeling any pain, then chuckled with cool confidence.
"Anko-kun and I are of the same body and had a very strong, unbreakable bond," he said to Evil Keita with his voice and Anko's voice intermixed and intertwined, "so we cannot die."
Evil Keita was shocked to hear his voice being different from last time, and Eiji was fascinated by that strange anomaly.
At the same time, back at their shared house, Roxas' friends are now wondering where Roxas went. Shuto tried to contact him via his phone number, but it was futile. Minato, meanwhile, was busy checking his phone's emails and text messages from anyone who is a deceased player in this game, who wanted to be in a contract with one of them. Koyuki, meanwhile, became worried for Roxas, showing little signs of her feelings for him.