Daddy the Miracle Medic (Lachlan and Miranda) novel Chapter 14

Chapter 14 Mental Breakdown

Click!

The sound of the gun chamber closing echoed through the otherwise silent room, causing everyone to jump.

Lachlan had finally closed the chamber of his revolver. Inside were five bullets, with only one empty slot.

"Don't accuse me of cheating. Check it yourself!" Lachlan said, blindfolded as he slid his revolver across the table towards Snake.

Snake and Scar exchanged a glance before Snake picked up the revolver and inspected it thoroughly. It was indeed clean.

As he slid it back to Lachlan, who was still blindfolded, Lachlan flicked open the chamber and spun it around with his hand.

"Kid, this isn't gambling anymore; this is pure suicide," Snake said in a hoarse voice that lacked its previous calmness and composure. In his eyes, Lachlan was as good as dead.

Gambling always had an element of chance to it; there was always a possibility for victory. But now Snake felt that there was no way out for Lachlan – he would surely die.

"You said it, so how about we bet on it? Can you handle the stakes?" Lachlan played with his revolver in his hand, seemingly unconsciously turning the cylinder.

To everyone else, this was just a casual action without any meaning. After all, he had spun the cylinder many times before and it had stopped randomly. So under these circumstances, no one thought much of him fiddling with the cylinder again.

Besides, from start to finish, Lachlan had covered his eyes with a black cloth.

"Can't handle it? Kid, you still trying to bluff me?" Snake sneered. His expression looked somewhat ferocious.

"Shoot then!"

"You shoot first!"

Snake shouted as everyone's hearts tightened and they stared at Lachlan!

Their eyes didn't dare blink for even a second!

In the next moment, they saw Lachlan's finger move!

He really pulled the trigger!

"Lachlan!" Miranda couldn't help but cry out.

Click!

However, the imagined gunshot did not occur, only a slight clicking sound.

Empty!

Despite having five bullets in the magazine, Lachlan had won the bet.

How was this possible?

Yet, it happened right before their eyes.

Phew...

The next second, everyone who had been holding their breath let out a sigh of relief.

When there was only one bullet left in the gun, everyone wanted him dead!

But when there were five bullets in it instead, everyone hoped that he'll stay alive!

Miranda felt her palms sting and realized she had unknowingly dug her nails into her flesh.

Mason wiped his sweat and noticed that his back was drenched with perspiration.

They had faced life and death before, and Mason had even killed someone with his own hands. But this situation was... too exciting!

"No! It can't be! How is this possible?" At that moment, a voice with a different tone sounded.

Snake's eyes widened as he stared at Lachlan like he was seeing a ghost. He nervously yelled out, "What the hell? It's impossible!"

"Enough talk. It's your turn now," Lachlan said as he finally removed the black cloth from his eyes and slid the revolver in front of Snake.

Trembling, Snake grabbed the revolver and opened the chamber to check it again - all five bullets were still there!

Lachlan hadn't tampered with it or removed any bullets.

"Please! I hope you can survive too, Snake bro. That way we can play more rounds," Lachlan gestured and said.

Snake rotated the chamber of the revolver while taking deep breaths before placing it shakily against his own forehead.

"Ahh!!!"

He widened his eyes, paused for a few seconds, and suddenly screamed out in a burst of emotion.

Peng!

Thud!

Immediately after, there were two muffled sounds.

The revolver was heavily thrown onto the gambling table by him, and he fell to the ground.

As if, he had lost all his strength in his body.