Agent A was fuming, "Look, I'm a lawyer and know a truckload of people. I could probably dig up some dirt, but I'm stuck here, incapacitated. How am I supposed to go digging?"
Skyler scratched his head, "Why should I trust you? You can’t judge a book by its cover. For all I know, you could be conning me. Let’s get one thing straight. I can't cure this poison. That's Geoffrey's department."
A sinister glint flickered in Agent A's eyes, but he just chuckled, "So you're pretty much useless, huh? Can't even handle a poison. You're miles behind Geoffrey, aren't ya? Maybe you should stop bragging about your so-called four PhDs and three Master's degrees. Just a big fish tale, am I right? You probably don't know squat. It's all Geoffrey's teaching, isn't it?"
Skyler's eyes, piercing like a hawk's, were fixed on him unblinkingly.
"Trying to goad me, huh?" he shrugged nonchalantly, "Reverse psychology won't work on me. I'm not falling for that. Sure, Geoffrey's pretty badass, but he's not as good-looking as me. He must be green with envy over my looks. He keeps saying we're identical twins, but come on, he doesn't have my charm. He's hiding behind a mask for a reason."
Agent A clenched his teeth in anger and asked, "What does Geoffrey look like?"
Skyler shrugged his shoulder and said, "I don’t know. He wears a mask every day."
"Then how do you know Geoffrey is less handsome than you?"
"If he is handsome, why does he wear a mask every day? Only the ugly are so timid that they hide their face under a mask." Skyler sighed, "Shame on him. We’re brothers and I’m good-looking, but he’s... too ugly. What a pity!"
Agent A was at a loss for words.
"Does the Heninger family have any ugly descendants?" he asked, trying to keep his cool.
"Nope," Skyler said, shaking his head vigorously. "Everyone in our family could be on the cover of a magazine. We're top shelf when it comes to looks."
Agent A snorted, "Then how could your brother be the exception?"
Skyler made a face, "Maybe he got the short end of the stick in the gene pool."
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