23. People Against the Times (Fifteen)

The trigger had indeed been pulled, and owing to the unique design of the Gatling gun, such a weapon wouldn't jam or explode even if it encountered a dud round. At nearly point-blank range, unleashing sixty hundred Magic Bullets a minute—each guaranteed to hit its target—one would think that not even a whole corpse would be left behind.

But—

Such an outcome was predicated on the firearm functioning normally, but firearms can malfunction—no matter how low the probability, mechanical failures do occur, and even Gatlings could malfunction.

Three pistol bullets lodged in the gap between the exterior of the drive mechanism and the internal rotating mechanism, the motor emitted the sounds of spinning freely, and not a single spark emerged from the barrel.

In the split second a question formed, Kaspar's body had already leapt backwards of its own accord, simultaneously hurling the now burdensome Gatling gun at Andersen.

—Good judgment.