The cat burglar had been patiently staking out the arch bishop’s extravagant residence when his fortitude finally paid off. His planted microphones had overheard the arch bishop tell his wife that the code to the safe was still based on the seven deadly sins. The burglar’s previous intelligence had told him the code changed every day of the week so the seven sins made sense.
His job wasn’t going to be easy. The arch bishop was a computer nut as well as a religious one who had inherited vast wealth before reaching his high status in the church, so his security was top-notch. He used his wealth to acquire rare religious artifacts that the burglar had been commissioned to relieve him of. And he only had one week left to get the job done.
After finding out about the code based on the seven deadly sins the burglar had planted an electronic recorder near the safe’s access panel that would relay back to him the entered code for that day. The panel had nine buttons numbered from 1 to 9. On the seventh day he should know what the final code would be by process of elimination. That was the day he would have to strike because the arch bishop made sure all his staff attended mass and the house would be empty, protected only by the security system. But he wasn’t worried about electronics.
Day one:
Coded entered: 123
"How did this relate itself to one of the seven sins?" He would have to think about it.
Day two:
Code entered: 1213
"This was getting interesting."
Day three:
Code entered: 1411
Day four:
Code entered: 1421
"What the heck was going on here?"
Day five:
Code entered: 1321
Day six:
Code entered: 2112
The time to act came on day seven, but the burglar was still no closer to cracking the code. He pondered on all he knew about the arch bishop and the previous codes. Finally, “Ah-ha!” and he sprung into action.
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The cat burglar had been patiently staking out the arch bishop’s extravagant residence when his fortitude finally paid off. His planted microphones had overheard the arch bishop tell his wife that the code to the safe was still based on the seven deadly sins. The burglar’s previous intelligence had told him the code changed every day of the week so the seven sins made sense.
His job wasn’t going to be easy. The arch bishop was a computer nut as well as a religious one who had inherited vast wealth before reaching his high status in the church, so his security was top-notch. He used his wealth to acquire rare religious artifacts that the burglar had been commissioned to relieve him of. And he only had one week left to get the job done.
After finding out about the code based on the seven deadly sins the burglar had planted an electronic recorder near the safe’s access panel that would relay back to him the entered code for that day. The panel had nine buttons numbered from 1 to 9. On the seventh day he should know what the final code would be by process of elimination. That was the day he would have to strike because the arch bishop made sure all his staff attended mass and the house would be empty, protected only by the security system. But he wasn’t worried about electronics.
Day one:
Coded entered: 123
"How did this relate itself to one of the seven sins?" He would have to think about it.
Day two:
Code entered: 1213
"This was getting interesting."
Day three:
Code entered: 1411
Day four:
Code entered: 1421
"What the heck was going on here?"
Day five:
Code entered: 1321
Day six:
Code entered: 2112
The time to act came on day seven, but the burglar was still no closer to cracking the code. He pondered on all he knew about the arch bishop and the previous codes. Finally, “Ah-ha!” and he sprung into action.
What is the final code?
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