Have you ever seen Los Angeles at four in the morning?

Alex's answer was, no. He www.biquge.info never been to Los Angeles. But he'd seen four o'clock in the morning in Manhattan.

Lying on the bed, Alex stared straight at the ceiling with his eyes open in the dark. He didn't feel sleepy at all, and his mind was full of the indistinguishable voice of the fourteenth tape, like the whisper of the devil.

Little by little, the sky outside the window lit up. Anyone who has cultivated immortals can tell you that there is nothing abnormal from four to five o'clock, and from five to six o'clock, the originally dark sky will think about the gray-blue gradient, and then little by little, it will change from gray-blue to light blue. Then, the pale blue sky is pierced by beams of sunlight, and the earth is filled with life, and the whole city wakes up from its slumber.

Alex blinked. The sunlight through the glass windows disturbed his thoughts.

He folded his arms and slowly sat up. Opposite, Alan was lying on the bed, asleep.

"When did Eren come back?" Alex was a little confused, he didn't know when Eren had returned to the dormitory. "It seems that when I was in a daze in bed, I must have fallen asleep accidentally. ”

Alex looked at his watch, and the hands were already pointing in the direction of half-past seven.

crap！

Alex immediately picked up a pack of toiletries and hurried to the bathroom.

At this time, Manhattan is like Yanjing City in the morning rush hour, whether you take the subway or drive, you can experience the feeling that life is worse than death. I can feel that time is slipping away from you, but I can't do anything about it.

After countless battles, Alex finally fought his way out of the encirclement and stood at the door of the Fraser Landau Arts Center.

Every art museum that can be named in New York has a different story behind it. The Fraser Landau Center for the Arts is remembered by New Yorkers every year, thanks to which Columbia University is indebted. The Fraser Landau Center for the Arts is the preferred place for Columbia University art graduates to showcase their work each year.

However, Alex was not in the mood to care about the abstract Fauvist works at this time.

In the morning, the Fraser Landau Art Center was already full of guests and staff in suits, and there were many works of art on display, some exquisite, some simple.

The most striking thing is, of course, a huge glass box in the middle of the venue. It is surrounded by black cloth on all sides, and people can't help but feel inquisitive.

A month ago, the Fraser Landau Art Center advertised an authentic painting of Van Gogh that had never been shown before. Moreover, the Fraser Landau Art Center broke with tradition this time, and did not show the works to celebrities in the form of evening parties, but decided to exhibit them to all citizens from morning to night. New Yorkers were also so enthusiastic about the first authentic Van Gogh that a sizable number of visitors gathered at the Fraser Landau Art Center before 9 a.m.

Alex looked at his watch anxiously.

There was a voice in his heart that reminded him that the Fraser Landau Art Center today was not destined to be peaceful.

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"Hmm~~"

Marcus opened his eyes in a daze.

"Where is this ... My head hurts... ”

Marcus wanted to touch his head with his hand to ease the pain.

Well?!

Marcus found himself bound and unable to move.

"Huh!"

The darkness around was instantly replaced by intense light. The fierce collision of white and black caused Marcus's eyes to be stimulated to secrete tears.

Marcus couldn't see his surroundings, but he could hear a sudden noise of screams.

What happened?!

Marcus shook his head anxiously and forced his eyes open.

He saw Zach right across from him.

Zach's limbs were bound to a plank, and his entire body stretched out in a large shape. At the shoulders of his left and right arms, and at the knees of his left and right legs, there is a circular metal device. He also has a very complicated-looking device on his head, just like the hoop on Sun Wukong's head that has been recited with a tight mantra, and he is stuck to Zack.

Marcus looked to Zack's right, and Blake was waking up in a daze. Like Zack, his body was covered with one strange device after another.

"It looks like I've got these devices on me as well. ”

Marcus thought sadly.

"Zizi~~~"

Suddenly there were white strips and sizzling noises on the screen hanging from the glass case.

A puppet mask with a forty-five-degree angle to the side suddenly appeared on the screen, and the swirling red ripples on both cheeks did not bring the slightest change of atmosphere.

Little by little, the mask turned towards the front.

"Hello, Blake, I want to play a game with you. A neutral voice rang out.

Blake looked at the puppet mask at the top of the screen with a pale face.

shit！

How could anyone not recognize this mask!! every report in the media like a horror story pierced the heart of every American, and for a while, the crime rate in the whole of New York City dropped a lot, and everyone was afraid that the 'jigsaw' would find them.

"You are obsessed with money and power, and you don't care about the lives of others. When you raped Hannah Baker that night, were you feeling more irritated by your supreme control than sucking hemp? So today, I'm going to hand over that control to your two good buddies, you, who will play Hannah Baker. ”

"HELP!!Someone-help-me!!!" Blake cried out for help to the people outside the glass box.

However, the vast majority of people are excitedly holding their mobile phones to record images, and only a few people are dialing 911.

"Marcus, Zack, you, as Blake's good brother, stood outside the door to help him when he was strong-traitor to Hanna Baker. Today is the time to test the brotherhood between you. ”

"There is a round button on your left hand, your right hand, your left foot, your right foot, and the plank of your head. Within thirty seconds, Blake's metal device will activate, with thirty-second intervals between each activation of the device, in the order of left hand, right hand, left foot, right foot, and head. ”

"If it all were activated, Blake would undoubtedly die. If you press the corresponding button, the device on Blake will stop, and the device on the person who pressed the button will activate. ”

"There's something special about the head device, and each of you can only wipe out a quarter of the progress of Blake's head device at the touch of a button. ”

"How far can you go for the sake of your good brothers?"

"To live or die, you decide for yourselves. ”

Outside the glass case, Alex was holding his phone aloft.

(PS: The lines of the jigsaw have to be in English to feel it...) It always feels strange to write it in Chinese, especially the last sentence... ）