Chapter 663: Chapter 162: Pincer Attack from Front and Rear

"You mean, my brother and that liquor dealer?" Sherryl asked.

"Yes," Thales nodded, calmly explaining, "On the surface, Dagori Moss is a liquor dealer from the Central Domain, but secretly he's been serving your brother. Of course, he's also been stealing from your brother, lining his own pockets. Until The Secret Sector caught up with him and used that fact to turn Moss against him."

"Hmm, not surprising at all."

"What I know is that the Kingdom Secret Agency sent Moss back to Emerald City to approach your brother and propose becoming a double agent at my side, and then..."

"And then my brother surprises everyone on the first day by arresting Moss in public," Sherryl said, biting on his cigarette holder and puffing out smoke while speaking indistinctly out of the corner of his mouth, "using him to throw dirt on you, claiming you protected a treacherous merchant?"

"Thank you for reminding me once again," Thales frowned, "but that's the problem."

"What problem?"