Let be a positive integer. Bernard and Silvia take turns writing and erasing numbers on a blackboard as follows: Bernard starts by writing the smallest perfect square with digits. Every time Bernard writes a number, Silvia erases the last digits of it. Bernard then writes the next perfect square and Silvia erases the last digits of it and the process continues until the last 2 numbers that remain on the board differ by at least 2. Let be the smallest positive integer not written on the board. For example, if , then the numbers that Bernard writes are and the numbers showing on the board after Silvia erases are and thus . Compute the sum of .
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