Mystery No Arukikata -01008a401feb6000--v0--jp-... ●

Until next time, keep walking. And check your shoes. Have you found other cryptic codes in Mystery no Arukikata? Drop them in the comments. Let’s solve this.

Several players report that after triggering this hidden scene, the background music in the main menu changes to a very faint sound of shuffling feet on gravel. The devs have never acknowledged this. Mystery no Arukikata -01008A401FEB6000--v0--JP-...

Here’s where it gets strange. The string is required to complete the main story. Instead, entering it into the in-game “Traveler’s Cipher” terminal (unlocked after Chapter 4) triggers a hidden monologue from the protagonist, Kisaragi . The Hidden Message (Spoiler Warning) When you input 01008A401FEB6000 , the screen flickers to a sepia photograph of an old kōban (police box) in Nagoya, dated February 1960 (02/1960 = FEB 1960… notice the FEB6000 ? That’s likely a date stamp: Feb. 1960, location 00). Until next time, keep walking

But the 01008A401FEB6000 string doesn’t appear in the main menu. It’s hidden. Players digging through the v0 (initial Japanese release) asset files found this string embedded in a corrupted texture file named event_12_kaidan.dat . The format immediately stood out: 01008A and FEB6000 look like hexadecimal color codes, but 401 suggests a prefecture code (Aichi Prefecture, home to Nagoya). Drop them in the comments

Whether it’s an elaborate Easter egg, a tribute to a forgotten tragedy, or simply a corrupted asset that accidentally pointed to something real— 01008A401FEB6000 is a reminder that the best mysteries are the ones without a solution.