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Hidden : 5/11/2021
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Received: from charles.telenet-ops.be (LHLO charles.telenet-ops.be)
May 2021 18:17:37 +0200 (CEST)
Received: from mail.protonmail.ch ([185.70.41.101])
From: N19H70WL <n19h70wl@protonmail.ch>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2021 18:17:28 +0200
Message-ID: <hL16bWs2AJRP4NZmq5Fz2QBQ84yfvuNREdF5DrF2XZvn0LJaIIlASw@mail.protonmail.ch>
Subject: Finding Robot
To: teambirdyblack@telenet.be
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgrc 1: EBGk Fgrc 2: Znxr HEY Fgrc 3: Erny qbznva Fgrc 4: Erny freiref Fgrc 5: Fhoargf Fgrc 6: Qb abg trg qvfgenpgrq, frnepu jurer lbh ner fhccbfrq gb naq ybbx ng freire anzrf Fgrc 7: Erny anzr Vs lbh arrq zber uvagf, srry serr gb nfx :)

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)