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?"

of hair behind her ear. "Yes. You two can sit in the living room for a bit and make yourselves

I'll take care of the fish first and get it cooking

Dunn." Amber nodded and moved into

the living room was just as chaotic as

had chased the chicken from the kitchen through the living room and out into the yard. Amber quickly freshened up in the bathroom and began tidying up the disarray in the living

echoed from the kitchen, nearly causing her heart to leap out of her chest. Robin and Amber exchanged

kitchen door, they could

creeping onto his face. "This cooking chaos

before saying, "Mr. Ramsey, you relax here for a moment. I'll check on Ms. Dunn and see if she

that by the end of the night, these two women

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

lay sprawled across the kitchen floor, its

her hands shaking as

"Ms. Dunn, what's happening?"

jumped at the sound of Amber's voice, who stood

doing?" Amber asked, surveying the chaos

"Amber, you came just in time. Can you help

eyeing the large fish on the

handle it instead. I'm not sure

tell Robin I can't deal

wavering. "Ms. Dunn, I've never killed a fish before, and this one looks pretty

determination. "Amber, hurry! You do great work; I know you can manage this!" After a long moment of indecision, Amber stepped forward hesitantly and reached

it was as slippery as

grasped it, the fish wriggled out of her grasp, its

surging through her as she fell

forget about the

shook her head firmly. "How can we skip it? We promised to make fish and chicken

Just catch it and kill it.

raised her fist in encouragement. "Amber, you can do this! Go

Amber inhaled deeply,

must embrace the

shouted, surprisingly causing the fish to pause, as if she had

newfound determination, Amber grabbed the fish and hurled it into the sink. "Ha! You think you can escape me?

knife from the cutting board and brought it down decisively onto the fish's

Dunn! The fish

excitement. "I knew you could do it! Fantastic! Let's move on to

"I saw a tutorial...

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

fish head. "Ms. Dunn, since it's still

video. "We can't skip it; we need to remove the gills, or

the

open the gill cover and