He does block it easily, and it buys Eiji a second, but not much. Ankh is just that much more confused.

And really, he should just drop it. He should just give up and let Eiji run away if he wants to get away from him so badly. He'd been going to leave, anyway. Instead he ends up yelling after him.

"Eiji! What the hell is wrong with you?!"

He doesn't understand why he can't just drop it.