There is always someone like this around us.
He does his job far better than we do. For that he's being paid a lot of money for being one of the very best in the profession. Or to be exact, he isn't the all-round guy you're looking for, and he doesn't have a good relationship with his colleagues, but he does excel in "talking", one of the most important aspects of his job.
Most of the local and loyal customers of his company revere him, for his excellence in making speeches in the public. He has broken all kinds of records and won all sorts of accolades because of his sweet talk and literally has the world under his feet.
But one day, his boss found out that there is no way one can talk as well as he does, unless he has taken some magical candies and applied some mysterious notion. And a book written by two journalists has revealed a scandal suggesting that our buddy, among many others, has indeed cheated. Given his age, his talking ability should have receded dramatically, but that doesn't happen to him. His talking just keeps getting better and better. And his head and feet were getting bigger and bigger too, a possible side effect for using these substances. The candies and notion weren't illegal in his profession at that time, but using them has always been against the ethics. And since his enhanced ability has won him all the accolades and money, there is a huge outcry against him not only among his profession, but also across the country. Subsequently, his boss decided to outlaw these substances and anyone using them is liable to legal sanctions and expulsion from the business.
Understandably, his boss asked our buddy to assist in the investigation, as recent evidence suggests that there are a lot more people who have taken these now-illegal substances. But after he had testified that he has never "knowingly" taken these substances, his lawyers said that he cannot cooperate with the investigation at the moment.
Meanwhile, almost everyone who has been keeping track of his business has turned against him, branding him as a "cheat". They are absolutely sure that the accolades he's won and the records he's broken are the direct results of taking these substances, and wanted to remove his records from the record books. But not everyone has turned his back against him. His personal trainer would rather serve time in jail rather than turn against our buddy.
Speaking of jail time, the two journalists who revealed the scandal faced possible indictment for refusing to reveal to the court the source of their information. That leads to one of the biggest injustice in the history of mankind: The one who cheats doesn't or may never get punished, while the ones who reveal that the guy is cheating may face jail time.
To be fair to our buddy, he has never been tested positive for these substances. Yet last year he was found to have taken something equally evil, but shamelessly blamed it on his colleague, which is such a surprise given that he has never had any relationship with his colleagues. And to make matters worse, our buddy is approaching the most revered record of all-time. Without the help of these substances, the record would have remained in tact forever.
Even a child can connect the dots. How can our buddy be so shameless and not go away for good?
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