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Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo Hints
What does the message say?
1 of 12: The message reads: BQQMZ HIJKLMNO & BTU
2 of 12: Mycroft used three different types of coding in this message.
3 of 12: The first word is encoded with a simple substitution code.
4 of 12: Just replace every letter with the letter before it in the alphabet.
5 of 12: The first word of the phrase is APPLY.
6 of 12: The next group of letters, HIJKLMNO, cannot be treated the same way.
7 of 12: What comes into your mind when you first see this group of letters?
8 of 12: H through O.
9 of 12: H through O could also be H to O and thus H2O = water!
10 of 12: Lastly, the meaning of the abbreviation of BTU is British Thermal Units.
11 of 12: British Thermal Units = heat.
12 of 12: The decoded phrase is "Apply water & heat."
