The door slides open and the red laser alarm fades green. You step into a bright small storeroom, with rough wooden crates in the corner and a haphazardly set-up crate table in the center of the room. Atop it sits the remains of lunch: a carton of Kau Kau Farm milk, a tigersquash sandwich, and an organic red apple. A small murmur of noise catches your attention, and you instinctively turn towards the source. In the corner, you a see a big box of some sort with a heavy curtain draped over it. Throwing off the curtain, you see....

Zoemer! You run up to the cage and untie Zoemer. "Are you alright?" you ask worriedly. Zoemer rubs his knees and answers, "Yes, I'm fine! Thank you for rescuing me!"

"Did you get a chance to see who kidnapped you?" you wonder, with hope in your voice. Zoemer shakes his head. "I can only tell you it was a single person, and a male at that. I could hear him munching his apple and stuff, but he say didn't anything that gave away his identity. And this cage was covered almost all the time, so I couldn't see anything. He bolted out the door when he heard you coming..."

Sighing, you say, "Well, I found all 16 computer chips following the kidnapper's tracks here. But I'm sure that is only because the kidnapper already has all the information he needs to get to your family heirloom first. With our luck, he probably already has your family treasure." You collapse onto a crate dejectedly.

"Wait, there is still hope!" says Zoemer. "You see, in the letter, there was also a small note that the criminal did not get. I've been hiding it with me since I was kidnapped, and I still have. It makes no sense but..." Zoemer hands you a crumpled piece of paper:



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