Quote Originally Posted by MasterOfMoogles View Post
For example, he wanted to bring Klein with him in the beginning, but Klein wanted to stay with his friends so Kirito left because it would've been too dangerous with all of them.

In this case, Kirito knows Death Gun is targeting strong players, so anyone at the BoB finals would potentially be fair game. By sticking with a potential target he both increases his odds of reaching his goal and can protect her at the same time if need be. The situation is actually kind of similar Scilica's story, except Sinon isn't useless and there are a lot of potential targets.
Uhh...remind me where that info about Klein was from? I know the other ones were directly shown in the anime...but Kirito just ran off when Klein asked if he wanted to be friends with them. No motivation at all discussed. Kirito was adamantly silent in the anime about everything involving Klein.

Let's also not forget that Kirito empathized the best with the sociopath that trapped them all in there as part of his little experiment.



I don't know why he would target Sinon over anyone else though. She's good, but she is not at all overconfident, like DeathGun's preferred targets. DeathGun has only killed or gone after people that are significantly better than their peers. Ones who are confident they cannot be taken down.

Sinon appears to be the opposite of that. She is extremely careful and methodical. She runs almost all the time and waits for a better spot. She does stupid, suicidal rushes at overconfident people herself (minigun guy, Kirito). She hates people who can enjoy battle for its own sake. If anything, DeathGun and Sinon are compatible, their targets will often overlap.