Dead Retribution

Fourth Floor

Ryouma pulled out the knife from his body and threw it to the ground, groaning in pain.

Sukuna laughed amused. "That's what you deserve for underestimating Nanako."

"Shut up, bastard." Ryouma glared at him angrily.

Megumi approached Ryouma, asking if he is okay. He waved it off, telling him not to worry about it and to focus on escaping.

Naoya helped Nanako to get up, she was bleeding from her forehead, but the injury was minor compared to Ryouma. The zombies were already gathering faster and faster, if they continue to stay in the same place, they will probably all die at the hands of the zombies.

Ryouma hopes that Sukuna will flee from this floor, as staying here is dangerous for him. Compared to Ryouma, the zombies will attack everyone else, he is the only one who is safe.

Sukuna wasn't planning on staying on this floor any longer, so he told both Naoya and Nanako that they had to leave immediately. In his mind, Ryouma was finished, with a wound so deep that he would not be able to escape from the zombies, so he will die along with Megumi.

After those three ran away, Ryouma sat on the floor, leaning his back against the wall. Megumi crouched close to him, watching as blood stained Ryouma's shirt.

"You're bleeding quite a lot. If this continues, you could die from blood loss." Megumi examined the wound carefully.

"Don't worry about me." Ryouma took off his jacket and then handed it to Megumi. "Use it, the zombies won't attack you since it has my scent, go to the second floor and meet Itadori and Satoru."

"What about you?" Megumi accepted the jacket reluctantly.

"My wound is fatal, besides, someone as skinny as you wouldn't be able to help me up." Ryouma coughed up some blood.

Megumi clenched his fists tightly, feeling guilty about this. "I'm sorry, if I listened to you earlier this wouldn't have happened."

Ryouma patted Megumi's head. "I told you I don't care if you die, you are just a stranger to me."

Megumi stared into Ryouma's eyes, noticing that he doesn't feel sadness, even though he is dying. Ryouma's expression is calm, like that of a person who has not given up yet.

"Go, I don't want to die watching a kid cry over me." Ryouma ordered.

Megumi incorporated, putting on Ryouma's jacket. Before he could walk away, he hesitated. He doesn't want to leave him alone to die, Ryouma saved him twice already, so abandoning him is cruel of him.

"The infirmary is on the fourth floor, we are already on the third floor, maybe I can help you get there?" Megumi suggested.

Ryouma sighed annoyed. "Stop wasting time and leave already, I will think of something on my own."

Megumi refused to leave him, he wants to repay him somehow for saving him twice. "Just lean on me, I can handle your weight."

Ryouma glared at him angrily. "Didn't you hear me? Go now, I don't need your help!"

Megumi flinched, Ryouma's words sound harsh, but he knows he's just trying to push him away because he's worried about Megumi's safety.

Ryouma averted his gaze, sighing tiredly. "Listen, if you don't leave now, both of us will die, I don't want to die because of you, understand?"

Megumi clenched his jaw. "I know you are worried about me, but I also don't want to abandon you after everything you've done for me."

Ryouma was speechless, he never expected to meet someone so stubborn like Megumi. "If you really want to help me, then go to classroom 2-B on the second floor and escape together with Itadori and Satoru, no one will come to the school to rescue some students."