
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Suppose there are 128 ones written on a blackboard. At each step, you can erase any two numbers \(a\) and \(b\) from the blackboard and write \(ab + 1\). After performing this operation 127 times, only one number is left. Let \(A\) be the maximum possible value of this remaining number. Find the last digit of \(A\).

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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