Rifat talked to Suguha for hours before she finally managed to come out of her gloomy state a little bit. During the talk, Rifat tried his best to avoid talking about Asuna in order not to make her sad again and just focused on the things that both of them used to do together in the past.
"Suguha, I have to go. You should rest early. I don't want to see those dark circles in your eyes again. Before tomorrow's mission starts, I will come to pick you up." Rifat left her room after fully making sure that her mental state was ok.
'Why are you so good to me? If you keep taking care of me like this, how am I supposed to forget you at all?' Suguha questioned herself feeling a little lost seeing Rifat leaving the room.
'I don't care anymore. Even if it makes Asuna sad, I am not going to give you up.' A imaginary fire started to burn in Suguha's eyes as she finally came out of her depressive state and decided to fight for Rifat's love.
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---Next Morning---
Rifat spend his night with Asuna exercising their bodies. After he woke up the next morning and freshened himself up, he went to wake up Asuna as well before going to call Suguha.
*Knock* *Knock*
"Suguha, have you woken up? We have to gather in the guild hall in an hour."
"Yes, I am already awake. Please wait a minute. I am putting on my gears."
Hearing the reply coming, Rifat sighed in relief as he just stood there waiting for Suguha to come out.
'From her tone, it doesn't seem she is suffering from her depression anymore.' Rifat thought.
After five minutes of waiting, Suguha finally came out.
"Let's go. Asuna has been waiting for us." As he said Asuna's name, Rifat took a look at Suguha's expression and was relived to find that it didn't change much. Instead it was him whose expression change a second later as Sughuha suddenly hugged his arm as they both were going toward the dining room of the guild base.
Even though there was a slight blush that appeared on Suguha's face, she suppressed her embarrassment and resolutely hugged Rifat's arm.
'Damn! How come she became so bold? Well, I am not complaining about it since the softness that I am feeling right now is really wonderful but I wonder what Asuna would think if she saw me in this situation.' Rifat started to worry about his future a little a bit.
Even though Rifat was slightly worried, he didn't try to forcefully take his hand away since it would make Suguaha sad and not to mention he plans to have a harem either way and it's not a problem even if others saw them like that.
Holding each other like a couple, they finally came near the dining room. Rifat thought Suguha would keep hugging his arms and he would have to spend another hour or so in order to coax Asuna. Even if Asuna already acquiesced of him having a harem, she is bound to get jealous if she sees him like this with other women directly in front of her.
But thankfully, Suguha let go of this arms just before they entered the dining room. Feeling slightly relived, Rifat and Suguha came to the table where Asuna was sitting as they all finished their breakfast as quickly as possible before going to the guild hall.
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---In the Guild Main Hall---
"Today's mission is very important. As long as we can successfully ambush Kibaou and kill him, the other players that have banded together with him will automatically disintegrate since he was the core of that group."
"From the intel that I got from Argo, Kibaou will appear in this place along with few of his lackeys in order to talk to a few red guild players. If nothing goes wrong, this mission should go smoothly but be sure to take maximum precautions necessary."
"I know all of you are very skilled but anything can go wrong and I don't want any of you to lose their life because of negligence. Anyway, if you are all ready, let's set out"
For this mission, Rifat didn't take many players with him. Besides him, there is only ten elite players including Asuna, Suguha, Kirito, Asada and others.
It didn't take long for them to reach the designated place as they put a lots of traps and spread themselves out in the surrounding waiting for Kibaou and others to come.
A few hours later, Kibaou and his gang finally entered the ambushed area and they were immediately met with traps and surprises set up by Rifat's guild members. Some of Kibaou's gang members fell into pits, while others were hit by surprise attacks.
But even after such a success with traps, Rifat noticed that the the players that Kibaou brought with him seems to be larger than the intel that he received. But he didn't call off the ambush since he saw that the number of red players are only four and others are just normal players.
Excluding the players that fell into the trap, Kibaou still outnumbered them by two to one. So, Rifat instructed his guild members to work together to create distractions and divide the players on Kibaou's side in order to not get overwhelmed.
Thankfully, with the superiority of level and technique, Rifat and his guild members finally managed to capture or kill all the players that have come here without letting anyone escape.
"What should we do with the captured ones?" Kirito asked.
Someone suggested putting them in jail but Rifat slowly shook his head as he said,
"Kibaou and two other red players that have been captured are too dangerous to be left alive. These red players would cause more deaths to other normal players if they are left alive. Even if we put them to jail, there is no guarantee that AKihiko wouldn't set them free just to make the game more interesting."
"As for Kibaou, his threat is even more than these red players. You have already seen his deceitful nature. Moreover, he doesn't care about innocent players dying since he already started to get allied with these red players guild. If he is allowed to be set free again, the chances of killing our guild members is very high."
"I know some of you are very soft in heart and haven't seen someone dying in front of your eyes in their whole life. But we are in an extraordinary situation where our own life is in danger in this death game. So, we absolutely can't take any chances. I will execute these three in public tomorrow in order to warn those red players and other ambitious players that have been eyeing us."
"If you any of you are against my decision, you are free to leave the guild but I will not be changing my decision." As Rifat said that, he looked at everyone's expression. Seeing nobody contradicting him, he sighed in relief as he looked at Klein and Kirito and said to them,
"Klein, put the others beside Kibaou and these two red players in jail for now. I will decided what to do with them after the execution happens. Kirito, you will responsible for looking after these three and make sure that they don't manage to escape. Now, let's get back to the guild."