Thursday, October 21, 2010

024 - Ave Caesar

"Are these all of them?" asked Detective Dockland.

"Yes," replied Hillary Black. "I've given you a copy of every other document in the safe on the night of the robbery. I should warn you, though, they're all encrypted."

Dockland glanced briefly at the top document in the stack. "I don't think much of your idea of encryption."

"Oh, that one's not serious encryption. She just does them that way for fun," said Hillary.

Dockland paused, and looked at the document longer, before adding, "She's right, in that the math problem is't very hard either."

What is the answer to the math problem Dockland is referring to? The document reads, in full:

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LOCD BOQKBNC

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