**Congratulations to [@GarethMcCaughan](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/19114/gareth-mccaughan) for his victory on the long unsolved Part II of this mystery! Kudos!**

### Part VIII will hold a not-so-fun twist! Solve this one quickly, and we can get to it!

New Hints Below!
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**The hints should have made this obvious, by now!**

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You go to

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>  Switzerland
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*(Solution to Part VI)*

as per the hiker’s note. Now, this is getting annoying! You’ve gone to two different continents just because of his obscure clues... but, at the same time, you’re proud of yourself for managing to solve these tough riddles!

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Unfortunately, as soon as you arrive at your hotel, you notice a display of cards on your bed!
[![card display](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7LfN4.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7LfN4.jpg)

There is also a note:

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qS2X5.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qS2X5.jpg)

Get into the files as soon as possible to discover more clues. You’re starting to regret hiking in those woods... Who knows what could happen next?

*Card Images Credit: [Random.org](http://www.random.org)*

***Our hiker will return in Part VIII with a not-so-fun twist!***

Hints
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*Hint 1*

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>  If the hiker only wants whether it is red or black (and not the suit), shouldn't it make sense that the pattern in the cards is also dependent on the color and not the suit? Hmm...
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*Hint 2*

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> This hiker has been leading you on so many wild goose chases! He must be a very **mean** person, right?
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*Hint 3*

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> You know what they say, right? Red cards are twice as good as black cards!
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*Hint 4*

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> Man, after eating all this much, your **weight** must be **twice** as much as **average**!
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(^ That is a HUGE hint!)