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Puzzles Reinvented
Alright, welcome back everyone! We've got a scant few holdover puzzles to deal with today, so let's get to it.
3. When picking up the second round of passengers, can you load up all six people who are waiting?
Don't forget about the driver...
S. After dropping off the second load of five people, it's taken three hours and somebody still needs to drive back and get the last person waiting.
It takes one hour each way, so you should be able to figure out the final answer by now.
Not really a hard puzzle this one. Just gotta keep one thing in mind about the logistics here.
I'm sure you'll be the same when you get to my age, Luke.
Besides, I needed something to take my mind off the decrepit state of the Laytonmobile.
3. The solution involves two large rooms of the same size and two small rooms of the same size. The large rooms are perfectly proportional to the small ones.
S. Picture a cut diamond, the type that you'd put in a ring, viewed from the side. The four rooms rooms are all that shape.
If that's still confusing, count two stakes left from the top-right corner and stretch a rope two stakes down from the top-right corner and stretch a rope two stakes left from there. See the shape you made? That's it!
I dunno if it's just me, but I find this one harder than it probably should be. Mostly I think it's that two of the rooms seem way too small.
Now give your sweetheart a big, squishy kiss!
Stop making that kissy face at me!
Oh Fluke, there you go again. Every time you get embarrassed like that, I just melt!
Ugh...
Not what I would've expected from here, but I'm fine with this. We'll get to this later, of course.
3. The two people who get seven biscuits eat one biscuit each, which takes one minute. They both have six biscuits left, which they each divide between two people, giving those people three biscuits each. That's two minutes so far.
S. All the people who receive three biscuits eat one of them, so they each have two remaining. Three minutes have elapsed at this point.
If you divide these two biscuits between the next people in line, giving them one each, how many more minutes will it take for the biscuits to be gone?
This is probably the second easiest one of this lot, really. Not much to it, frankly.
Oh - crunch crunch - definitely.
Hee hee! I'm glad you agree!
We've made less of a dent on the second book than I thought, honestly.
2. Someone is saying something that couldn't possibly happen in the game of Memory.
3. If nine pairs are flipped over out of 20 total cards, how many cards remain?
S. If you get nine out of 10 pairs right, you should be able to get the last one, right?
There's a conspicuously missing word in the puzzle needed to make this work. Because it doesn't say that they only matched [x] pairs, all statements become possible and true.
Alright, now we've gotten everything done here. Let's get right back on track, shall we?
Suspicion
While Future Luke rune ahead to secure a path into the pagoda, our heroes set out for Chinatown.
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So as we make our way to somewhere new, we get to see it for all of a few moments before...
Ha ha! So he does! If I'm the man in the statue, does that make you that boy there?
Hmm, well, I suppose he looks a bit like me...
Oh, there's a description of the statue here. Let's see...
An author, you say? Not a professor?
Imagine if he was! Now that would be a coincidence! Let's see what else it says.
The author used to write big, complicated books. But all that changed because of this boy.
I suppose the book was so successful that he went on to
write more of them.
What a heart-warming story.
Oh, but that's not all, Professor. Here, I'll read you the rest.
...That all of that was on the tiny plaque that would be here is already kinda absurd. And yet there's more!
I can't believe how sad that ending is.
There, there. It's not all bad, my boy. It sounds as if the two found true friendship in each other.
Some people go through their whole lives without experiencing such a thing.
I suppose so. It's still terribly sad, though.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if our friendship grew to those heights?
What do you mean, "if"?! Our friendship is already extraordinary and everlasting.
Now, now, Luke. I didn't mean to ruffle your feathers. You're right. We're very good friends.
You're not upset, are you?
Me? Upset? Of course not. Anyway, I think we should move on.
Oh dear...
Now we can poke around this area a bit at least. And we can examine the statue for a tiny bit more.
It's wonderfully straight-forward at least.
Reminds you of a puzzle?
Precisely. Here, give this one a try.
Needless to say, we'll get to it later.
I'm sure you noticed that there was someone else here too. Might as well talk to them as well.
...And he's also very straight to the point. We'll also get around to this one at a later point.
So, we need to find our way to Chinatown somehow.
I guess this dingy alley here is as good a path as any.
By which I mean it's the only path, so there's that.
We could just pass through here without much of an issue, but there's someone here who looks awful familiar.
You there! You're a man, are you not? well then, don't just stand there! Solve this puzzle!
Oh wait, that's right. It's easy to miss, but he was in the casino!
We'll just leave this named Family member here for now, and keep on heading further towards Chinatown.
Does this place frighten you, my boy?
Me? Scared? No way! I just want to get to Chinatown. Let's go!
There's no need to dash off, Luke. Do be careful, you could sli-
Whoa! Ow! Ow ow ow ow!
Oh dear. What did I just tell you?
Laughing? Me? Certainly not! Are you quite all right?
Of course I am. I just bumped my knee a little. I'll walk it off.
Oh good. I was worried for a moment there. Let's go.
Yet-Another-Interstitial screen, I see. We'll see what this guy here has to say at least.
Why are you so bored?
Well, I don't have anything to do. That's a big factor.
But also, I've sort of lost my life, and now I can't find it.
Uh... How does one lose one's life?
A while back, this fella tells me I can earn a few bob doing this cushy job.
I was out of work at the time, so I thought, why not, you know?
Makes sense.
Yeah, I thought so too, until I realised I'd been had.
It sounds like whatever he was paying you, it wasn't worth it.
I haven't even told you the worst bit yet! I finally finish the job and I head home, yeah?
Well... that is most unusual!
Oh gosh! Maybe you travelled through time like us!
Who what where now? I don't really follow, but I do know I've been out here on my own for a while now.
The only thing I've got to pass the time are these puzzles I do.
Doesn't seem like it, but this does segue into the puzzle here. Definitely gonna leave that for now, though.
Before we continue further along this one path, there is one last thing to do here:
Just gonna prod these boards here a bunch.
Well what do you expect when you go around prodding everything?
But Professor, I wasn't prodding it that hard!
Luke...
I'm sorry. I should probably be more careful.
Indeed you should. Now let's see what kind of damage you've caused here.
But...isn't this trespassing, Professor? P-Professor, wait for me!
Ah, I see that a true gentleman leaves no tort uncommitted.
Suspicion
Can we leave now, Professor? The casino staff won't be happy if they find us in here...
Ha ha! You worry too much, Luke!
Maybe so, but I still think we should leave now!
There's very little in here, honestly, but there is one reason to bother coming in here.
There's a hidden puzzle on this locker. We couldn't get to it before, because Big Luke was stood in the way.
That done, now we can leave the casino again and get back to our one linear path.
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Indeed, and it looks as majestic as ever.
Hm hmm. I suppose some parts of London never change, even after 10 whole-
Hey, that wasn't there before.
You've noticed it as well then, Luke.
Judging by its almost pristine condition, it must have been erected fairly recently.
This isn't really the kind of place I'd expect to find a lighthouse. I dunno, it just seems... off. How weird.
Ah well, maybe that's just me. Not much else here, but we can't go down either those stairs to the left OR follow the path right. Gotta talk to this well-dressed gent first.
It most certainly is, sir.
Truly, it's nothing short of breathtaking.
Psst, Professor. Look at this man. Do you suppose he could be part of the Family?
What's that, boy? I'm standing right here! If you have something to say, say it to my face!
Look at this suit! See the stitching? This was custom-made in Italy! Italy, I say!
I'm ever so sorry, sir. I meant no offence! I never thought you were one of them really.
Well, as long as you acknowledge your outrageous mistake, I'm willing to let bygones be bygones.
Just to assuage any lingering doubts as to my identity, however, allow me to introduce myself.
I would tell you to remember the name, but I know you can't possibly forget!
Got it! Graham, London's most distinguished, dashing and, um... I forgot the last one.
But I won't forget the name, I promise!
Yeah, doesn't seem relevant or anything but we did have to talk to London's most distinguished, dashing and debonaire gentleman. Now we can continue to the right, but not the left.
Brings us to a bridge over the river, I see. We'll talk to the guy here in a moment, but first there's a hidden puzzle in the water!
Puzzles Reinvented
1. If you plan your moves carefully, it shouldn't be too hard.
Here's a clue to get you started:
Your first move involves moving two cans at the same time. But which ones?
2. Grab the can of peaches from the middle stack and move it over to the left.
There's just a single can of fish in the middle now. Hmm... Well, why not move the can of fish from the rigth stack onto the stack in the middle?
3. Continuing on from Hint Two, if you grab the can of fish from the left stack and move it onto the two you've got stacked in the middle, then you'll have all three cans of fish together. Nice!
Now then, what's next?
S. Continuing on from Hint Three, move the can of cherries from the right stack to the left stack. Then move the cherries from the middle stack to the left.
Almost done now. You can do it!
First time in a while that we've had a puzzle that just straight up doesn't work for the thread. Sorry 'bout that, but it's a quick and easy one at least.
Yeah, nice and easy. That done, now we can talk to the guy on the bridge.
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Say, do you happen to know if this is the way to Chinatown?
Oh reckon this path'll most likely take ye there, aye.
You reckon? Haven't you taken this path before?
Nae chance! Ah've a feeling something could happen tae me doon that way. Something bad.
Ah'm better off jist staying here and solving puzzles.
This leads us into a mandatory puzzle, that... well, you'll see.
Puzzles Reinvented
1. There's the leader! He's up on the balcony, toward the top right!
That's one.
2. Those goons hide in the darnedest places! See that barrel at the bottom right shaking around? Sneaky...
3. Unbelievable! It looks like there's one up on the roof at the top left!
Or is that just a hat? You'd better take a look.
S. I'm sure there aren't more than 10.
This is a bit weird and awkward, really. There's a tiny number of goons that are a bit annoying to spot, but the hints straight up tell you where those are.
So, with that in mind I think it's easy enough to count the rest. It might not be easy to see in the above gif though.
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...No, I didn't skip anything here. We get the sticker at the start of the post-puzzle dialogue here. 
Of course not! We're no Family minions! I'm Luke, and this here is the famous Professor Layton!
Help! Somebody help me!
Yes, it's unfortunate, but people do seem to think I'm a criminal.
On a more interesting note, have a look at the ground, Luke.
Those footprints must belong to the man who just ran off.
Come to think of it, his shoes and trousers were soaking. But why?
It's a bit chilly to go out for a swim, don't you think?
Indeed. So how did he get so wet? Hmm...
And with that, we've now got all 10 mysteries unlocked already. Half of them cleared for good measure, too. It is interesting how they're almost all relating to people explicitly for once, though, huh.
Now, we'll carry on past this bridge then. Just gotta go a bit further to the right here.
What's the matter, Luke? You're not afraid of seeing a ghost, are you?
C-come on, P-Professor! I know y-you would n-never believe in something s-so unscientific!
Unscientific, you say?
And a man of science like you would never fear something as silly as ghosts, eh, Luke?
Well... maybe just a little.
Now that Layton's gotten done ribbing Luke a bit, we can look around this... grove? Sort of? There's nothing here though. Just a few hint coins, of course, and a hidden puzzle. Moving on then!
This definitely looks an awful lot like progress. I do believe that we can even finally see the Towering Pagoda from here.
Oh and Beasley's here too, which is nice I guess. Beats walking all the way back to that one store if we really need to. But we don't need his services right now and there's someone else here, so we'll speak to them instead.
I must confess we do not. It's our first time in this area.
Listen. I could be wrong, but it looks like you two are a couple of fine, upstandin' citizens.
Black market?! Wow!
How is right, sonny. we sell a lot of dodgy stuff out here and no one questions where it comes from.
If it was me in those shiny loafers of yours, I'd keep me head down and leg it, quick as I could.
That would seem prudent indeed.
Before we go, though, I've got a question. Why do people come all the way out here to shop?
But come to the bazaar and who can say what treasures ye'll find?
Oh, I suppose you mean antiques and other rare items?
I think we've asked enough questions for one day, Luke. Let's move on, shall we?
You two be careful! Oh and if yer ever in the market for somethin'... hard to find, swing by.
We'll be moving on shortly, but Grafton's the one that left here. And there's something new in his stead, huh...
Mrrowrowr! Meeow. Mee-rowr?
What is he saying, Luke?
He says he's in a bit of a jam, Professor.
Unfortunately, we've got something else to do first. We'll get to it later, though, promise!
Sorry, Mr Cat. I'm stumped.
Alright, let's head on further up shall we?
Ah, I see where this is going. They're gonna let us past if we've cleared like, I dunno, 20 puzzles or something. It's about time we had a puzzle gate after all. There's even another hidden puzzle off to the side here for good measure.
Now clear off or we'll be having more than words with each other.
I see...
Huh, that's definitely not what I was expecting here. Guess I was wrong!
Um...Professor? What are you thinking about?
Tell me, Luke. Did those two remind you of anyone we know?
Hmm?
It's not an exact match, but they do bear an odd resemblance to a certain pair of fellows.
Hmm...
Big guy in charge, check. Small assistant, check!
But something tells me the inspector wouldn't take kindly to being told he resembles a criminal!
Event? Do you mean the time machine presentation?
Yes. why do you suppose a police inspector was invited to an event like that in the first place?
Considering the only other person we definitely saw there was the Prime Minister, it's more of a told, not shown, notion that Chelmey and Barton were out of place.
However that, in itself, is at odds with each other given the context so this is still a valid question.
Well... He's cracked quite a few tough cases. Maybe his celebrity status got him invited.
...And this one I find pretty hard to believe. Chelmey's not super-incompetent, or anything, but he's no Ganimard either.
Pseudo-celebrity? Nonsense! You're the great Professor Layton.
The model modern-day English gentleman!
Ha ha! I hate to say it, Luke, but I think you're the only one who'd heap that kind of praise on me.
The inspector and I were clear exceptions to an otherwise homogenous list of names.
So?
What I wouldn't give to hear the inspector's take on the event...
Yeah, it's too bad we'd have to go back to our own time to ask him.
Ah, hello Luke.
I couldn't help but overhear you as I ran up. Did you say you'd like to meet the inspector?
Yes. Ideally, we would meet him back in our time, while the events of that time are still fresh.
I think we can make that happen.
But how?!
Is it really that hard to guess? Big Luke had to get a letter to us somehow, so...
Let's continue this conversation where we can't be seen or heard, shall we?
Why don't we head over to the wooded area to the west?
Ah, now that screen has a use! Let's head on over, then.
You mentioned that there is a way for us to visit the inspector in our own time.
I can only imagine that this means going back to 10 years ago. Is such a thing possible?
Once again, we were sent a letter from the future not that long ago. Of course it's possible.
We already knew that, too!
But the door to the clock shop is locked. How are we going to get in?
That shouldn't be a problem. I can get that door open for you.
This, however, is a perfectly good question.
I promise I'll explain everything when we get there. Please trust me on this.
But for now, let's return to the clock shop on Midland Road.
But what about our plan to head into Chinatown?
That'll have to be put on the back burner for now. The situation has changed.
As ominous as that is, it'll have to wait I guess.
Because now we walk alllll the way back to where we started. Oh boy.
Puzzles Reinvented
1. Compare all the lances carefully. The repair shown above the photo is a clue.
2. The handle and the tip of the broken lance aren't quite aligned.
Rather conspicuously, most of this set of puzzles are incredibly simple, frankly. This being one of them. Well, with over 150 of them that's to be expecte really.
1. Think about A, B and C. Who's the oldest? Who's the youngest?
2. You know that A is the oldest, followed by B and then C.
A also has an older brother.
C also has a younger sister.
1. Remember, the memo was left directly next to the calculator...
1. Starting from A, head toward the right side of the screen at the first intersection you encounter.
Starting from B, head toward the left side of the screen at the first intersection you encounter.
2. Starting from A, head toward the right side of the screen at the first intersection you encounter.
Starting from B, head toward the left side of the screen at the first intersection you encounter.
1. Think of the relation between the symbols and the numbers given.
If you use the Memo function to write down the numbers you know, you might just get it. Try drawing slightly angular numbers.
2. Tilt your head to the left, and take another look. Notice anything new when you look at the symbols now?
This one is probably, by far, the hardest puzzle of the lot here. Well, this or the tunnel one but I'd say this one, personally.
1. Start by filling in the corners of the garden with a stone of your choice, and then work your way in.
You can rule out any stores that won't neatly fill all the open space in the garden.
2. No matter how arrange them, you can fit only three of stone C and it will always leave one square uncovered. So C isn't the answer.
1. It's tough to find a path from each entrance.
Start by thinking about where the dogs are.
2. Where is the tomcat in danger of being noticed by the dogs?
Using the Memo function to fill in the dangerous areas might prove helpful.
1. Don't be confused by the complex shapes of the blocks. Try comparing the frame and the blocks from a different perspective.
2. Filling in the frame with the correct five shapes can be pretty tricky. But there's a way to identify the surplus block without worrying about the shapes at all!