The Deadly Assassin Robin by Tristan Storm

Chapter 173

Chapter 173 Killing a Chicken

Amber stood frozen in shock at the chaotic scene playing out in the yard.

Shirley's attempt to catch a chicken was nothing short of alarming!

Robin, equally surprised, watched as Shirley transformed the entire villa's courtyard into a battleground in her frantic pursuit of the bird.

He gazed at Shirley, who stood with a kitchen knife in hand and clearly out of breath; it was obvious she had invested far too much time on this endeavor. Didn't she claim to have been honing her skills for an entire month?

And yet, this is the outcome?

With the way things are going, it seems unlikely that she would manage to prepare a meal anytime soon. Just then, Robin dashed forward, catching the flapping rooster just as it attempted to make a break for it. Amber sighed in relief, exclaiming, "We finally got it! Ms. Dunn, you really need to take a moment to rest." Robin casually handed the rooster to Amber, who was still watching Shirley, whose exhaustion was evident. Suddenly, Shirley yelled and swung her knife with frustration.

"Ah!" Amber gasped, realizing too late that she should have dodged.

In that instant, the rooster squawked frantically as its head was lopped off, sending it soaring into the air. Amber stood there, stunned, grappling with what had just occurred.

Shirley shot her an angry look. "I told you to stop running!"

After a beat, Amber finally understood that Shirley's fierce glare was aimed at something in her own hands.

She glanced down and saw that she was gripping a headless chicken, its body twitching and spilling warm blood!

"Ah!" she shrieked, dropping the lifeless bird onto the ground.

Just as she regained her composure, the severed head of the chicken plopped neatly into her grasp.

Without even looking at what she was holding, Amber tightened her grip and shot a glare at Robin. "You handed me the chicken and didn't give me a heads-up?"

Robin pointed at her hand. "If you squeeze any harder, you'll crush it."

Amber looked down and finally realized she was holding a blood-soaked chicken head.

"Ahhh!!" she yelped, flinging the head away with all her might before bolting around the yard in panic.

Exhausted from the ordeal, Shirley sank onto the courtyard steps, gasping for air.

She glanced at the headless chicken sprawled on the ground and then at Amber, who was frantically running in circles, and chuckled. "Amber, you might want to work on your bravery." Amber finally halted, her cheeks flushed. "Well ... that caught me completely off guard ...

"I had no idea killing a chicken would be this tough," Shirley admitted, nodding. "If I had known, I would have just bought one that was already cleaned and ready to go."

After a brief pause, she gathered herself. "You two wait in the living room. I'll head to the kitchen, pluck the feathers, and then prepare the fish. We can finally start cooking." Amber had calmed down by this point.

Hearing Shirley's words, she hesitantly asked, "Ms. Dunn, the fish is still alive?"

strands of hair behind her ear. "Yes. You two can sit in the living room for

take long. I'll take care of the fish first

and moved into

was just as

the living room and out into the yard. Amber quickly freshened up in the

the kitchen, nearly causing her heart to leap out of her chest. Robin and Amber exchanged alarmed glances and turned toward

glass of the kitchen door, they could

his face. "This cooking chaos is truly something

moment. I'll check

night, these two women might have completely wrecked

stepped into the kitchen, where she found Shirley facing off against a fish lying

sprawled across the kitchen

the knife tightly, her hands shaking as she stared at

"Ms. Dunn, what's happening?"

of Amber's voice, who stood in the doorway,

doing?" Amber asked, surveying

"Amber, you came just in time.

Amber hesitated, eyeing the large fish on the

handle it instead. I'm not sure I can

Amber's arm urgently. "Please don't tell Robin I can't

killed a fish before,

fish; how difficult can it be?" Shirley's expression shifted from terror to determination. "Amber, hurry! You do great work; I know you can manage this!" After a long

it was as

fish wriggled out of her grasp, its mouth wide open and glaring at

surging through her as she fell to the

let's just forget about the fish! It's

"How can we skip it? We

Just catch it and kill it. I'll take care of

her fist in encouragement. "Amber, you can

Amber inhaled

succeed, one must

to pause, as if she had magically quelled its

and hurled it into the sink. "Ha! You think

seized the knife from the cutting board and brought

done, Ms. Dunn!

"I knew you could do it!

"I saw a tutorial...

still gasping for breath, then opened her phone to the fish-preparation video. "We need

still-breathing fish head. "Ms. Dunn, since it's still gasping, should we skip

can't skip it; we need to remove the

pluck the chicken feathers.

open the gill cover and poked around. "Ms. Dunn, I did it! I got the gills