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A boy woke up from his dream. He took a moment and realized that a heck lot of dust was crawling all over his body. He keep on staring. There is nothing on the right, there is nothing on the left.
"Guess I am still here."
The boy was in the middle of the desert. His memory was a bit vague, and he seems to recall himself on something so important.
"But why am I here again?"
He undone the baggage next to him and draw out a small black box. Inside is an old letter, very old one. The letter stated a weird code of brown ink.
"Oh yeah, I'm sure I'm searching for the damn treasure. But then, where do I go from here? Is this really the right way to decipher this 7th riddle?"
The last code which the boy secured was from a small cabin located about 20 miles to the south from his location. Ever since, the boy has been walking up straight, bringing along a weeks worth of supply to survive. Due to one helluva uneven condition of the desert path, he got no choice but to walk through it.
The simple plan he thought was that 3 days of travel onward and 3 days for him to safely return to the cabin. Nonchalantly use the supply could result to a fatal decision of having to eat a likely poisonous desert animal meat. To make matter worse, he is not an expert when it comes to a living being other than man.
The boy's journey began a week before as he successfully resolved a 3 lock riddle, the riddle which has baffled the mind of a wealthy rich man for almost 50 years. The riddle was entrusted to him as the only living heir. Afraid of sharing the fortune with others, the rich man decided to resolve the riddle by himself. The act of letting the others knew of the riddle can only mean that the rich man has not much of a time to live. He called forth a hundred of detective to his mansion to resolve the riddle.
The rich man: "There are three different box with three different keys. Each keys belong to each box respectively."
The rich man further explained the detail;
"Once a key is wrongly selected to unlock the box, any of the three keys will be rendered unusable. After 3 fails attempt, all three box will be locked for the next 7 years."
"On this occasion, the lock to the box has been lifted, following my attempt seven years before. Now, I am giving all of you detectives the chances to solve the riddle and claim the treasure. "
The statement indeed has attracted the 100 detectives to compete among each others. Almost all of them refused to share idea, pondering of whether they could secure the treasures all by themselves. Yet, half of the detectives came with the same conclusion.
"It is certainly impossible to unlock the box with just 3 attempt."
"Once a key is wrongly selected to unlock the box, any of the three keys will be rendered unusable. After 3 fails attempt, all three box will be locked for the next 7 years."
"On this occasion, the lock to the box has been lifted, following my attempt seven years before. Now, I am giving all of you detectives the chances to solve the riddle and claim the treasure. "
The statement indeed has attracted the 100 detectives to compete among each others. Almost all of them refused to share idea, pondering of whether they could secure the treasures all by themselves. Yet, half of the detectives came with the same conclusion.
"It is certainly impossible to unlock the box with just 3 attempt."
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