Chapter 624: Roulette Game
"Little man, are you very angry? Do you really want to kill me? I just love it when you look at me with those angry eyes..." Bloody Widow said with a smile.
Su Chen knew that today's events would definitely not end well.
His expression slightly darkened as he said, "Bloody Widow, let's settle our problems between us. Don't harm the innocent."
Bloody Widow's eyes curved into a smile as if she were the crescent moon. If Su Chen didn't know her true nature, he might have been fooled by her Lolita appearance.
"I am solving our problems," said Bloody Widow, blinking her eyes.
Su Chen was somewhat speechless.
He felt that Bloody Widow's way of thinking was different from normal people.
She was simply insane.
Communicating with her was incredibly difficult.
Su Chen's mind raced.
He pondered how exactly he could deal with this troublesome woman.
If he could use real force, it would be too easy.
Never mind the hundreds of Bloody Widow's men outside, even if there were thousands, Su Chen could fight his way in and out three times.
The key issue was he couldn't expose himself in front of Horses' Fortune.
If he couldn't use force, he didn't know what would be best to do.
The minds of women like her were incredibly hard to read.
"Little man, if you really want to save the others, it's not impossible," Bloody Widow whispered a few words to her subordinates.
Soon, everyone in the bar was brought over.
Including the cleaning lady, the waitresses, and the security guard, about thirty people in total.
Actually, there were far more people in the bar than this.
However, at this time, it was not the operational hours for the bar, so there weren't many people around.
These female waitresses were involved because they were living inside the bar to begin with.
Thus, they were involved in this catastrophe.
The thirty or so people were all kneeling on the ground with knives held against their necks.
With a single order from Bloody Widow, all these people would be beheaded.
In Jin San's lawless land, even if a homicide occurred, basically no one would care.
Moreover, a presence like Bloody Widow was someone the local police would avoid getting near; they wouldn't dare to come looking for trouble with her.
"Bloody Widow, let them go. Just direct all your grudges at me and Horses' Fortune," Su Chen frowned as he spoke.
Horses' Fortune had an embittered expression.
That expression seemed to say, buddy, why drag me into your feud?
However, he also knew that Bloody Widow's main target was him.
Even if he did not provoke her, he would not be able to escape.
Bloody Widow's lips curled into a smile as she said, "Little man, since you want to save them, I'll give you a chance. How about you play a game with me?"
"What game?" Su Chen narrowed his eyes and asked.
Bloody Widow took out a silver revolver.
With a flourish of her fingers, she played with the revolver as if it were an Illusion.
Click!
She popped out the cylinder, held down one chamber, then shook out all the other bullets.
Then she spun the cylinder for several rounds before snapping it back in place.
Finally, she tossed the gun to Su Chen.
Seeing this, Su Chen naturally understood what game Bloody Widow wanted him to play.
Russian roulette!
Russian roulette is a deadly game of chance.
Participants insert one or more bullets into a revolver's cylinder, spin it, and then close it.
Players take turns pointing the gun at their own heads and pulling the trigger until someone gets shot or dares not pull the trigger anymore.
Legend has it that this "game" originated in 19th-century Russia, forced on prisoners by the prison guards as a form of gambling. Others say it originated from dueling practices or it was a test of courage among desperadoes.
Bloody Widow sat on the sofa, holding a glass of red wine, and took a sip before saying, "Fire once, and you can choose to release five people. If you can finish all six shots, I will let everyone here go. How about it, do you dare to play?"
Su Chen's brows furrowed.
Isn't this just playing with life?
Although there's only a one in six chance.
But what if one has bad luck and encounters the loaded chamber on the first try?
Wouldn't that mean certain death?
"Of course, you have another choice, and that is, to leave with me and become my subordinate," seeing Su Chen fall deep into thought, Bloody Widow said with a smile.
"What will happen to them if I go with you?" Su Chen asked.
"They will all be killed, of course," Bloody Widow said indifferently.
As if she was talking about something utterly trivial.
Su Chen's face turned sour.
Initially, he thought that if Bloody Widow were willing to let these people go, he would not mind temporarily following Bloody Widow.
But Bloody Widow had no intention of sparing the others.
"Little man, state your choice. Once chosen, there's no turning back, you know!"
"My choice is..."
Everyone's expression became tense.
Su Chen's answer would determine their fate.
However, many people's faces showed a look of despair.
Because by now, even a fool would know what to choose.
Who would take such a big risk for others?
Moreover, aside from Horses' Fortune and Yu Meiren, most people here had little to no relationship with Su Chen.
"Stay!" Amidst the intense gazes of everyone, Su Chen finally made his choice.
"No regrets?" Bloody Widow was somewhat surprised at Su Chen's choice.
"No regrets!"
"Very well, let's begin the game! You also have the option to fire the gun yourselves, to exchange for your own lives," Bloody Widow said, her gaze sweeping over the people kneeling on the ground.
Their bodies trembled slightly—the one in six chance of dying was already a significant risk.
"Does anyone want to go first?" Bloody Widow asked with a smile.
Nobody responded.
It was a joke.
Although the chance of survival was significant, inherently tied to life or death, nobody dared to gamble.
In theory, the first person would have the smallest probability of dying.
Only one in six.
If the first person doesn't die after firing, then the probability of the second person dying becomes one in five.
For the third person, one in four.
For the fourth person, one in three.
As it got closer to the end, the death rate increased.
If five shots were fired in succession and no one died, then the last person to fire would have a one hundred percent rate of death.