The ciphertext for the 'hertz' picoCTF 2018 challenge.
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swbjkfga nxkx ua ywrk vhfj - areagugrguwb_sucnxka_fkx_awhifehx_qqcyujkrxe | |
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"zxhh, ckubsx, aw jxbwf fbt hrssf fkx bwz drag vfquhy xagfgxa wv gnx | |
erwbfcfkgxa. erg u zfkb ywr, uv ywr twbg gxhh qx gnfg gnua qxfba zfk, | |
uv ywr aguhh gky gw txvxbt gnx ubvfquxa fbt nwkkwka cxkcxgkfgxt ey gnfg | |
fbgusnkuag-u kxfhhy exhuxix nx ua fbgusnkuag-u zuhh nfix bwgnubj | |
qwkx gw tw zugn ywr fbt ywr fkx bw hwbjxk qy vkuxbt, bw hwbjxk qy | |
'vfugnvrh ahfix,' fa ywr sfhh ywrkaxhv! erg nwz tw ywr tw? u axx u | |
nfix vkujngxbxt ywr-aug twzb fbt gxhh qx fhh gnx bxza." | |
ug zfa ub drhy, 1805, fbt gnx acxfoxk zfa gnx zxhh-obwzb fbbf cfihwibf | |
asnxkxk, qfut wv nwbwk fbt vfiwkugx wv gnx xqckxaa qfkyf vxtwkwibf. | |
zugn gnxax zwkta anx jkxxgxt ckubsx ifauhu orkfjub, f qfb wv nujn | |
kfbo fbt uqcwkgfbsx, znw zfa gnx vukag gw fkkuix fg nxk kxsxcguwb. fbbf | |
cihwibf nft nft f swrjn vwk awqx tfya. anx zfa, fa anx afut, arvvxkubj | |
vkwq hf jkuccx; jkuccx exubj gnxb f bxz zwkt ub ag. cxgxkaerkj, raxt | |
wbhy ey gnx xhugx. | |
fhh nxk ubiugfguwba zugnwrg xlsxcguwb, zkuggxb ub vkxbsn, fbt txhuixkxt | |
ey f asfkhxg-huixkuxt vwwgqfb gnfg qwkbubj, kfb fa vwhhwza: | |
"uv ywr nfix bwgnubj exggxk gw tw, swrbg (wk ckubsx), fbt uv gnx | |
ckwacxsg wv acxbtubj fb xixbubj zugn f cwwk ubifhut ua bwg gww gxkkuehx, | |
u anfhh ex ixky snfkqxt gw axx ywr gwbujng exgzxxb 7 fbt 10 fbbxggx | |
asnxkxk." | |
"nxfixba! znfg f iukrhxbg fggfso!" kxchuxt gnx ckubsx, bwg ub gnx | |
hxfag tuaswbsxkgxt ey gnua kxsxcguwb. nx nft drag xbgxkxt, zxfkubj fb | |
xqekwutxkxt swrkg rbuvwkq, obxx ekxxsnxa, fbt anwxa, fbt nft agfka wbnua ekxfag fbt f axkxbx xlckxaauwb wb nua vhfg vfsx. nx acwox ub gnfg | |
kxvubxt vkxbsn ub znusn wrk jkfbtvfgnxka bwg wbhy acwox erg gnwrjng, fbtzugn gnx jxbghx, cfgkwbumubj ubgwbfguwb bfgrkfh gw f qfb wv uqcwkgfbsx | |
znw nft jkwzb wht ub awsuxgy fbt fg swrkg. nx zxbg rc gw fbbf cihwibf,ouaaxt nxk nfbt, ckxaxbgubj gw nxk nua efht, asxbgxt, fbt anububj nxft, | |
fbt swqchfsxbghy axfgxt nuqaxhv wb gnx awvf. | |
"vukag wv fhh, txfk vkuxbt, gxhh qx nwz ywr fkx. axg ywrk vkuxbt'a | |
qubt fg kxag," afut nx zugnwrg fhgxkubj nua gwbx, exbxfgn gnx | |
cwhugxbxaa fbt fvvxsgxt ayqcfgny wv znusn ubtuvvxkxbsx fbt xixb ukwby | |
swrht ex tuasxkbxt. |
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