Complex sentence: While the binary gas has no other known properties, the Question often used the gas to enhance his image and intimidate criminals into confessing by implying that the gas would cause anyone exposed to it for extended periods to lose their face permanently.
Split into simpler sentences: While the binary gas has no other known properties, the Question often used the gas to enhance his image and intimidate criminals into confessing. The implication was that the gas would cause anyone exposed to it for extended periods to lose their face permanently.