"Etbash code?"
Miss Miyano frowned:
"I know that this code was deciphered by Dr. Schumpeter and was used by scribes to record the Book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament of the Bible in 500 BC."
"But what does this have to do with the code my uncle left behind?"
"First, to explore this connection, we need to know how to decipher the Atbash code..."
With a slight smile, Sakaki dipped some water and wrote on the table:
"In Atbash code, the last letter represents the first letter in a positive number, and the second-to-last letter represents the second letter in a positive number. In other words, the 26 letters of the English alphabet should be reversed!"
"If we decipher the five letters TVOLF obtained from the third reversal according to the Atbash code... the result is GELOU!"
"GELOU?"
With doubts in her eyes, Miss Miyano tilted her head and asked:
“But this is not a word…”
"Of course this is not a word, this is Chinese pinyin!"
Sakaki Makoto recognized the mystery at a glance:
"GELOU...ATTRACTION!"
"If Atbash code is the second trap set by my father, then Chinese Pinyin is the third trap!"
"ah?!"
Miss Miyano was startled:
"This doesn't make sense. If there is no third reversal, then the conclusion drawn would be wrong..."
The voice stopped abruptly.
Makoto Sakaki saw a look of sudden enlightenment in Miss Miyano's gradually widening eyes.
"Yes..."
Sakaki Makoto grinned:
"When we do reading comprehension, we read from left to right. Hebrew sentences are different..."
"It has to be read from right to left!"
"Even if the interpreter knew that my father used Atbash code, it would be hard to imagine that he also borrowed the Hebrew reading method!"
"This is the second hint he gave!"
"Only by reversing the code for the third time can we get the correct answer!"
When everyone's attention is focused on English letters, they will subconsciously ignore the possibility of other languages.
Not to mention the extremely difficult Chinese language.
This is a very clever trick. When the decoder came to the conclusions of LFOBT, FLOVT, and TVOLF, they would certainly use other languages to interpret them because they are not English words.
When they have tried many times and still cannot decipher it, their brain will tell them subconsciously:
This road is blocked.
then...
When the real answer is placed in front of them, they will subconsciously judge that the correct answer of GELOU is wrong!
Adding a word that cannot be deciphered in English to the three non-word codes will make the decoder question his life and wonder whether Sakaki Ryunosuke used Atbash code to encrypt the password...
unless...
The decoder is proficient in Chinese, understands Chinese pinyin, and can see through the secret at a glance.
This is a secret message that only Sakaki Makoto can understand.
"Strange, how did uncle know you know Chinese?"
Miss Miyano was a little confused.
"Do you remember when we were at the party on the boat, President Mochida and the others said that my dad once got drunk and was talking nonsense?"
Sakaki Makoto narrowed his eyes and a gleam of brilliance flashed in them:
"Adding hot pot and speaking habits... I inferred that my dad was not talking nonsense at the time, but speaking Chinese!"
"To this day, I still don't know his true origins."
"Maybe he is also an undercover agent, an undercover agent from Country Z."
"As for Chinese, he should have taught me a long time ago."
Sakaki tapped his head with his fingers and blurted out:
"It's hidden right here."
"Ah, this..."
There were too many reversals in one day, and even someone as smart as Miss Miyano's mind was in a state of confusion for a while.
She stared at Sakaki Makoto in astonishment. She had a lot of things to say, but she didn't know how to refute.
In the dark...
This line of reasoning seemed correct to her.
"attic..."
After revealing the secret message left by Sakaki Ryunosuke, Sakaki Makoto immediately asked:
“Is there a loft here?”
"Yes, there is a grid on the ceiling of the utility room on the third floor that leads to the roof!"
While Makoto Sakaki was drunk and asleep, Miss Miyano was not idle. She checked the entire house and naturally discovered the attic.
After reinstalling the tape, Makoto Sakaki and Miss Miyano immediately went to the utility room on the third floor.
After opening the door, the 10-square-meter room was filled with cleaning tools such as brooms, mops, and buckets, some of which were still unopened. There was a small path in the middle that was only wide enough for one person to pass through.
"Right there!"
Miss Miyano raised her hand and pointed to the ceiling above her head. Sure enough, there was a double-layered plate with a pull ring on it.
Grabbing the long pole used for drying clothes, Sakaki Cheng hooked the pull ring and pulled it outwards...
Click!
The pull ring drove the lock, opening the second deck. As the wooden grid slid down, a metal ladder was pulled out. With a "crash", it was hung diagonally in front of Sakaki Makoto.
Seeing that the secret was about to be revealed, Sakaki Makoto climbed up the ladder without saying a word.
The attic was dark. Makoto Sakaki turned on the flashlight, looked around, turned around and pulled Miss Miyano up.
"I came up here to check when you were sleeping, and there's nothing special."
Miss Miyano walked to the wall and turned on the light.
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