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As Andromeda was exiting out of the building her last class was in at Redrum University, she pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and saw that she had received a new voicemail message. She pressed the button to connect to voicemail and listened to the message:

"Hey...it's me...uh...I've kinda been kidnapped by some agents from IETNAT...not a big deal though..." came Y-san's voice in a nonchalant tone. "Anyways, I thought it would be fun to leave you some clues to find my kidnapper...they'll on my desk..." The sound of a yawn came through the receiver. "Oh, right, you should probably give Police Chief Leroy a call while you're at it..." Then there was a shout in the background, followed by some running footsteps, then the sounds of a scuffle, a loud thud...and then the message ended.

After calling Police Chief Leroy, on her way to Y-san's dorm room, Andromeda ran into the visiting Prof. Templeton who was being led on a guided tour by Cherry Lane. Seeing the look of distress on Andromeda's face, they called out to her and she paused briefly to explain the situation. Then the three rushed on together.

The door of Y-san's room hung open. The floor was strewn with various papers and books...signs of a struggle? No...just Y-san's laziness...

On Y-san's desk, they found a cardboard box, on which was printed "10x Cocoa Puffs, 17.5 oz". Inside the box, on one side, there was:

A poster,

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A graph that looked like it had been part of a homework assignment that had been drawn on with a marker,

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And some Wei Chi tiles arranged as such:

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At the other side inside the box was a regular six-sided die.

Next to the box was a sheet of paper with the following printed on it:

^&

Prof. Templeton studied the box for a moment, stroking his chin. Then he shook his head and muttered "Looks like Y-san is up to her usual routine." Then his eyes shifted to the paper and he added in a resigned tone, "Someday she's going to get herself shot by an Extremely Mad Physicist."

Cherry Lane sighed. "Yeah...and in the end she's as enigmatic as always."

Just then an out of breath Police Chief Leroy stumbled into the room. As he leaned over, panting, he withdrew a notebook from his pocket and flipped it open to a page. "Okay..." he finally managed to say, "So Y-san was helping me investigate some shady characters. We suspected that one of them is a IETNAT agent. I have their names and addresses, so if we can figure out which one is the culprit, we can find her. The suspects are:

Ichimaru Kyu

Uno Diez

Quatre Treize

YiSan Wu

Otto Ventisei

Zwolf Sieben

But which is one is it? I don't have the manpower to cover all of them..."

He was interrupted by Andromeda, who hopped up and down in excitement. "Ooh! I know, I know!" She pointed her finger eagerly at one of the names in the notebook.

Later on that day, a group of police officers broke down the door to the culprit's house and combed through the rooms to find...Y-san sitting on a couch, reading a magazine. Around her lay strewn the unconscious bodies of IETNAT goons. Looking up at her rescuers, Y-san smiled and declared "Well, about time! I was getting hungry..."

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Yep, those are the steps...lol...and thanks for officially making 'enigma' a verb :D.

np. I love to verb nouns. Its kind of a (lame) hobby.

But sorry, not Death Note Mafia...just regular Death Note...although...the second L liked post in red...both times ;P

well, then your clue was (obviously) totally lost on me, since I know absolutely nothing about Death Note.

EM waves, eh? Something to sleep on tonight.

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Oh oh,

Orange?

Ok if I am not mistaken.....

600 nm is where the wave length of orange color light falls. I think you mean Orange for 600 nm

then Orange = O + Ra + N + Ge

= 8 + 88 + 7 + 32

= 135

Your kidnapper is YiSan Wu!

Don't tell me it is just a coincidence. :huh:

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I finally got it! (Thanks to all the hints)

is the wavelength of 135, or ORaNGe light

That's Yisan Wu to us!

edit: hi, woon, nice to see you here. I also see you beat me to the answer. oh, well. nice going.

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Ok if I am not mistaken.....

600 nm is where the wave length of orange color light falls. I think you mean Orange for 600 nm

then Orange = O + Ra + N + Ge

= 8 + 88 + 7 + 32

= 135

Your kidnapper is YiSan Wu!

Don't tell me it is just a coincidence. :huh:

I finally got it! (Thanks to all the hints)

is the wavelength of 135, or ORaNGe light

That's Yisan Wu to us!

edit: hi, woon, nice to see you here. I also see you beat me to the answer. oh, well. nice going.

Haha...great minds think alike (and at the same time ;P)! Great job, both of you, and everyone else who helped solve the pieces of this deceptively long puzzle ;P. Yeah...blame the quantum physics in me for making a box into a math equation (particle in a box anyone? :rolleyes:)

*greedily scarfs down some beef tendon noodle soup*

With the 'box' equivalent to parenthesis:

10x(LCM 1,2,3,4,5,6) nm = 600nm -> ORaNGe (light) -> 135 (enigmatic)-> YiSanWu (135 in Chinese)

Edit: And the Physicist was Extremely Mad b/c of my abuse of ElectroMagnetism ;P

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