Part 1 can be found here. Information from Part 1 is not required to solve this puzzle.
Having identified where El Gato intends to strike next, you charter one of the Bureau's jets and fly off to Chicago, along with two of your fellow agents. Upon landing, your first agenda is to check in at police headquarters, to inform them of the situation and enlist their assistance in stopping whatever El Gato has planned.
"El Gato, eh?" said the superintendent, once you've finished your explanation. "You know, this might actually have something to do with a strange fax we received a couple of hours ago. We were gonna dismiss it as a prank, but if El Gato sent it... hang on, where did I put it..."
The superintendent shuffles some papers around on his desk for a moment and then retrieves a fax similar to the one you had received at the bureau. There is no signature, but upon reading it, you're immediately certain it's the next part of El Gato's game:
EENIE MEENIE MINEY MOTO WHICH EXHIBIT SHALL I GO#40 SHINES THE LIGHTBUT DO BE QUICK, I STRIKE TONIGHT
541888646062136614081982580476661013153967979049897006017
"I have no idea what he means by '#40'," says the baffled superintendent, "or what all those numbers mean..." You, however, have already sat down and pulled out a pen, ready to crack the code...
Whereabouts in Chicago is El Gato planning to rob?
Hint:
THINK SEQUENTIALLY, DETECTIVE
Super Hint:
You're looking for a set of co-ordinates that point to a specific location in Chicago.
Answer
El Gato is planning to rob:
The Field Museum located at 1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL
Using the hint "sequencially" and the ZERO-FORTY clue:
Googling "sequence", I found a list of famous sequences. Surprise, surprise! One of them is named A000040, otherwise known as the prime numbers sequence. Taking only the numbers in the prime position (2nd, 3rd, 5th, etc), we get: 4186611087616940
Giving the coordinates:
N 41.866110, W -87.616940
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