Brain Puzzle 3 Level 138

Overview

Level 138 is a timed cafeteria puzzle. The yellow banner says "Get the girl to the seat her friend prepared for her" with a 3:00 countdown. A pink-haired girl in a pink hoodie, denim shorts and boots carries a tray of food across the school cafeteria, looking for somewhere to sit. At the long central table, five girls in blue school uniforms are already eating burgers; behind the serving counter hangs a "DAILY CAFETERIA SPECIALS" banner, and a curly-haired girl with glasses peeks out from behind the left wall, hiding. A brown leather handbag sits on the floor by the table. The hidden friend has prepared a special seat, but the table keeps being taken over by successive groups that must be moved on before the pink-haired girl can reach it.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 5

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Identify the goal. The pink-haired girl has a tray but no free seat. Her friend — the curly-haired girl with glasses hiding by the left wall — is waiting to surprise her. The brown handbag on the floor by the table is the first prop to deal with.

1. Clear the first group: the eating schoolgirls. Tap the five blue-uniformed girls at the table. They finish and leave, freeing the table.

1. Deal with the bodybuilders. The table is immediately taken over by a row of muscle-bound men — one flexes, one drinks a "protein powder" shake, two lift dumbbells, another eats noodles. Tap / shoo them away so they disperse.

1. Deal with the date couple. Next the table is occupied by a couple on a date: a boy wearing red heart-shaped glasses drools while holding hands with a blushing girl in a pink scarf. Tap them to move them off so the seating area clears.

1. Collect the handbag and set the table. The brown handbag on the floor is picked up and the special seat is prepared; the tray the girl is carrying is set down.

1. Reveal the surprise. With the table finally clear, the pink-haired girl walks over and sits in the prepared seat, hands over her mouth in shock. Her friend — the curly-haired girl with glasses — pops out from behind, wearing a colorful party hat and throwing her arms wide, and a two-tier "Happy Birthday" cake appears on the table. The other students are gone, and the surprise is complete.

Strategy & Reasoning

This is a "clear the way to the prepared seat" puzzle. The pink-haired girl cannot just sit down because the table is constantly occupied; the game cycles through three very different groups — schoolgirls, bodybuilders, and a date couple — each of which must be dismissed before the birthday seat is free. The trick is recognizing that none of these groups are the "friend" waiting; the friend is the one hiding by the wall with the party hat, not one of the people eating.

The handbag on the floor and the tray she is carrying are the clues that this is a setup rather than a normal lunch rush. Each group leaves when tapped, and the scene automatically moves to the next group. The order is fixed: schoolgirls → bodybuilders → couple → empty birthday seat. There is no way to skip a group; you must clear them in sequence.

The payoff is that once the seat is free, the hidden friend jumps out with the party hat and cake. The puzzle is therefore about patience and recognition rather than clever item use — the wrong move would be trying to sit down immediately or tapping the hiding friend before the table is clear.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Mistake: trying to sit the girl down immediately. The table is occupied by a revolving series of groups; tapping the girl does nothing until the table is clear.
• Mistake: tapping the hiding friend too early. The curly-haired girl by the wall is the one who will reveal the surprise. Do not tap her until the table is empty and the pink girl has reached the seat.
• Mistake: leaving one group behind. If the bodybuilders or the date couple are still at the table, the surprise will not trigger. Clear each group in turn — schoolgirls, then bodybuilders, then the couple.