"That green monster has done so many bad things, even stealing all the Christmas gifts from the townspeople. He definitely wants to ruin everyone's holiday… And that perverted old man in red who loves to climb into other people's chimneys, he can't be a good person either…"
The Arctic region's Whoville is a deeply secluded little town. Every year, after the heavy winter snows fall, it transforms into a breathtakingly beautiful town of ice and snow.
Most of the people living here are simple, kind, and optimistic.
However, this Christmas, they seemed to have encountered big trouble. A monster covered in green fur stole everyone's holiday gifts.
Even the gifts in the gift shop were completely looted by him.
In the words of the "bald" mayor: it's simply heinous!!!
When Mike arrived in Whoville, he originally wanted to find the mayor to understand the situation, but instead, he listened to over ten minutes of complaints and nagging.
Most importantly, based on the information he got from the mayor, the green monster didn't seem to have done anything bad apart from stealing everyone's Christmas gifts.
"So, how do you want me to deal with that holiday thief, and… um, the perverted old man in red?" Mike, who had a general understanding of the situation from the mayor, interrupted his nagging.
"They ruined the town's most important holiday, and they must pay the price for it. If possible, please arrest them all and put them in prison…" Mayor Augustus, the bald one, said through gritted teeth.
It was clear his resentment ran deep.
"Alright, as you wish. I'll arrest them if necessary." Mike looked at the comical-looking mayor and said with a smile, "But before that, I can give you a little help."
With that, Mike condensed a small ball of healing light and threw it onto the mayor's bald head.
As the white light flashed, the mayor's unsightly receding hairline slowly began to change, eventually returning to a wing-like hairstyle that spread out on both sides.
"Hair… hair… my hair is back…" Augustus, touching the top of his head, excitedly ran towards the dressing mirror.
It was evident that he was a person who paid great attention to his appearance.
His hair had been shaved bald by the green monster earlier precisely because he had mocked him.
The reason Mike helped him restore his hairstyle was because he had seen on the way that the townspeople living here were very happy.
Augustus, who could manage such a town well, was clearly not a bad person.
At most, he was a bit sharp-tongued.
Therefore, Mike didn't mind helping him out a little.
Moreover, Mike had reason to suspect that the reason the mayor hated the green monster so much was because the monster had shaved his hair bald.
"Um, Agent sir… The Grinch actually doesn't mean any harm to anyone. Could you please let him off this once?" As the mayor went to look in the mirror, a beautiful girl in the room quietly pleaded with Mike, the MIB Agent.
Yes, Mike was indeed here as a MIB Agent to deal with the green monster incident.
"Is the Grinch you're talking about the green monster who stole everyone's Christmas gifts?" Mike turned to look at the girl.
This beautiful girl named Martha, as Mike knew, was Mayor Augustus's fiancée.
"The Grinch is actually my classmate. He wasn't like this before. It's just that one day he suddenly grew a lot of green fur, and then everyone regarded him as a monster, so he moved to live alone on the mountaintop. Perhaps stealing everyone's Christmas gifts was because he was too lonely on the mountaintop…" As the mayor's fiancée, Martha seemed to have a different kind of concern for the green monster named Grinch.
Well, it seemed there was no problem with the mayor disliking the green monster.
"What about that perverted old man in red? Do you know anything about him?" Mike, uninterested in other people's love triangles, just wanted to resolve the trouble here quickly and then meet up with the girls in Genovia.
"The old man you're talking about is actually Santa Claus. He also lives on the mountaintop and is the Grinch's neighbor." Martha indeed knew a lot.
"There really is a Santa Claus?" What Mike didn't expect was that there was an unexpected bonus.
"I saw him riding a sleigh pulled by reindeer, distributing gifts to the children in the town. He's a very kind old man…" Martha explained.
Well, this world has angels and demons, and even aliens, so it seems understandable to have another Santa Claus.
"Alright, without further ado, let's go to the mountaintop to take a look." Mike was quite looking forward to meeting Santa Claus.
At this moment, the mayor, who had been admiring himself in the mirror for quite a while, also walked back contentedly.
Actually, with his wrinkled face, whether he had a receding hairline or a wing-like hairstyle, it didn't affect his appearance much.
But with hair, he indeed became much more confident.
Subsequently, led by Mayor Augustus and the beautiful Martha, Mike walked towards the snow-covered mountaintop outside the town.
At the same time, inside a cave on the snow-covered peak, a monster covered in green fur was huddled in the cave.
Even though various exquisite gifts were laid out around him, there wasn't a trace of happiness on his face.
"Woof… woof…"
Just then, a skinny dog and a plump reindeer rushed into the cave.
"Oh, Max, good boy… You mean we have guests?" The Grinch, who besides being covered in green fur also had a monster's face, affectionately stroked the dog, a hint of a smile appearing on his face.
After the Grinch became a monster, only this dog named Max and the reindeer, which had retired due to obesity, were willing to approach him.
"Woof… woof…"
"You mean, three children are coming?" After hearing more reports from the dog, the Grinch quickly got up and walked out of the cave, looking down from the mountaintop.
He happened to see three tiny figures on the snow-covered mountainside.
Because of the accumulated snow, the path up the mountain for the three children was very difficult.
"Climbing the mountain in this weather is not good. We must find a way to get them home…" The Grinch said arrogantly, but his eyes showed concern.
Just as Martha said, before becoming a monster, the Grinch was actually a very good person.
Even now that he had become a monster, his heart remained "soft."
The reason he stole everyone's holiday gifts was simply because life on the mountaintop was too lonely, and he wanted to attract the attention of the residents below through this form of mischief.
But now, it seemed that because of his rashness, the three little ones were in danger.
"Come on, let's go keep an eye on those three little ones." The Grinch waved his large hand, taking the dog and the reindeer, and ran towards the mountainside.
Because he had become a monster, the Grinch, with his strong physique, ran incredibly fast on the snow mountain.
The man, the dog, and the reindeer disappeared from the snow-covered mountaintop in no time.
"Cindy, let's go back! This is too dangerous!"
"Yes, Cindy. Even if we go to the mountaintop, the green monster might eat us…"
On the mountainside, unlike the enthusiastic little girl at the front, the two little boys behind were clearly very reluctant to climb the snow mountain.
These three were indeed Cindy and her two older brothers.
"No, I can tell that the legendary green monster is a good person; he's just too lonely. Maybe we can invite him to come home with us for Christmas…" Little Cindy said with conviction, "Isn't Christmas all about everyone being happy together?"
…
"No, no, no, there will be no happy Christmas without gifts. And no one will be happy…" The Grinch, hiding and observing the three children, seemed to disagree with the little girl's words.
He, who was unhappy himself, couldn't bear to see others happy.
At this moment, compared to little Cindy, he resembled a child in his rebellious phase more.
"Who's talking?" Cindy, who was trying to persuade her two brothers, seemed to hear the Grinch's rebuttal.
"You heard wrong, there's no one here…" The Grinch, with a guilty conscience, quickly covered his mouth, then pulled Max and the fat reindeer to bury their heads in the snow.
…
"I think I heard a voice too, it's not a monster, is it!!!"
"Man-eating… monster…"
Unlike their carefree sister, Cindy's two brothers, upon hearing the sound carried by the cold wind, trembled and turned to run.
Then they remembered their sister was still behind, so they returned to grab Cindy and ran down the mountain together.
"That's right, this isn't where you should be. Go home!…" Seeing the three children scared away, the Grinch stood up, a triumphant smile on his face.
"Look, it's the green monster, I told you he wouldn't hurt us." Cindy, being dragged by her two brothers, accidentally saw the Grinch after he poked his head out.
In her eyes, the strangely shaped green monster, accompanied by the dog and the fat reindeer, even looked a little cute.
"Oh my goodness, the monster's going to eat us!!!"
"Help, I want to go home!"
However, in the eyes of Cindy's two brothers, the green monster with a ferocious smile was incredibly terrifying at this moment.
After just one glance back, they dragged their sister and fled down the snow mountain at top speed.
However, the snow-covered mountain path was already difficult to walk on, and Cindy's two brothers had already lost their composure.
So, after only a couple of steps, their feet slipped, and they were about to roll down the mountain with their sister.
"Watch out!"
Amidst the children's panicked shouts, the Grinch, who had been constantly watching the three children's movements, rushed out quickly, extending his hand to try and grab the three little ones.
However, he was just a little bit short.
Just as a tragedy was about to happen, a ball of white light flew up from below, lightly supporting the three children.
Then, Mike and his two companions, who had arrived just in time, caught the three little ones.
"Thank you!" Cindy looked at the handsome older brother who caught her and thanked him in a clear voice.
"You're the Who children, this is too dangerous. When we get back, I will tell your grandpa what just happened, and you can expect to be grounded…" On the other side, Mayor Augustus, who had caught Cindy's two brothers, disdainfully put the two children, who had almost knocked him over, on the ground.
What followed was his usual sharp tongue.
Next to them, Martha, with her long golden hair, happened to make "deep" eye contact with the Grinch, whose face was contorted from using all his strength to save them.
"Gri…"
Just as the girl was about to call out the green monster's name, the Grinch suddenly turned away, avoiding her gaze, and said, "You've got the wrong person, I'm not the Grinch you know."
After speaking, he scurried away in embarrassment with the dog and the fat reindeer, fleeing towards the cave on the mountaintop.