With a gun barrel pointed at their forehead, even the toughest hardass had to fold—let alone a dog.
Well, an alien disguised as a pug.
"Fine, I said it. Dead mice really do taste awful, but let me make one thing clear: I only said that. I've never actually eaten one..."
The dog spoke human language and rambled on for a while. Seeing Russell's expressionless face, its voice gradually faded until it finally shut up.
"Tell me. What major events have happened recently?"
Talking to a dog on the street was inappropriate and likely to get him mistaken for a lunatic. Russell carried it into a nearby alley and confirmed, "Alien, tell me your name first."
Under the threat of the gun, the pug answered everything with great sincerity. "Frank. That's my name on Earth. I have other names too, and even more girlfriends, such as..."
Under telepathy, Frank clamped his mouth shut despite being full of nonsense. At Russell's questioning, it began explaining the current setting of this world and the present timeline.
The plot of the Men in Black movie world.
A secret organization called the Men in Black existed on Earth. They could also be called MIB, the interstellar police, or the Black-Suited Special Agents. They secretly protected Earth and dealt with all manner of alien-related incidents.
The Men in Black were people without names. They had no pasts, no records, only their own codenames.
They lived in a world apart from ordinary people. They themselves were elites within human society, but due to the nature of their identities and work, they could not communicate with the outside world—not only to protect Earth from threats, but also to let ordinary people live happy, carefree lives. Even their very existence would be erased.
Simply put, they were a