Practising codes: 1. A neighborhood in Abbittobad had been raided by Marines in search of Okaba.

They land on different buildings from a helicopter. The roof tops of these buildings are connected to each other through a ladder. Each marine can control the buildings in straight lines (left-right and forward-backward) with respect to the building/position they have been dropped on. They cannot control the diagonal buildings. There are 8 buildings in each row and column. For this puzzle, your goal is to determine how many buildings in total are controlled by a group of marines.

Note: The marine also controls the building on which they are currently positioned/ dropped. 2.