// May this submission get accepted
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

// エイリアス
using  ll = long signed long;
using ull = long unsigned long;
using  ld = long double;
using namespace std;

// AtCoder/Codeforces 用 デバッグ検知
#ifdef ONLINE_JUDGE
constexpr bool DEBUG_MODE = false;
#else
constexpr bool DEBUG_MODE = true;
#endif

// エイリアス (補完・コンパイルが重くなる)
// #include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
// using mll = boost::multiprecision::cpp_int;

// 汎用マクロ
#define ALLOF(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define REP(i,n) for (long long i=0, i##_len=(n); i<i##_len; i++)
#define RANGE(i,is,ie) for (long long i=(is), i##_end=(ie); i<=i##_end; i++)
#define DSRNG(i,is,ie) for (long long i=(is), i##_end=(ie); i>=i##_end; i--)
#define STEP(i, is, ie, step) for (long long i=(is), i##_end=(ie), i##_step = (step); i<=i##_end; i+=i##_step)
#define UNIQUE(v) do { sort((v).begin(), (v).end()); (v).erase(unique((v).begin(), (v).end()), (v).end()); } while (false)
#define FOREACH(i,q) for (auto &i : q)
template<class T> bool chmax(T &a, const T b) { if (a < b) {a = b; return true;} return false; }
template<class T> bool chmin(T &a, const T b) { if (a > b) {a = b; return true;} return false; }
constexpr int INF = numeric_limits<int>::max();
constexpr long long LINF = numeric_limits<long long>::max();
constexpr long double EPS = 1e-10L;
#define Yes(q) ((q) ? "Yes" : "No")
#define YES(q) ((q) ? "YES" : "NO")
#define Possible(q) ((q) ? "Possible" : "Impossible")
#define POSSIBLE(q) ((q) ? "POSSIBLE" : "IMPOSSIBLE")
#define IIF(q,t,f) ((q) ? (t) : (f))
#define DUMP(q) DUMP_FUNC(q, #q, __FILE__, __LINE__)
template <typename T> void DUMP_PROC(T x) { if (is_integral<T>() || is_floating_point<T>()) cerr << "\e[32m" << x << "\e[m"; else cerr << x; }
template<> void DUMP_PROC<char>(char x) { cerr << "\e[36m\'" << x << "\'\e[m"; }
template<> void DUMP_PROC<string>(string x) { cerr << "\e[33m\"" << x << "\"\e[m"; }
template <typename T, typename U> void DUMP_PROC(pair<T, U> x) { cerr << "{"; DUMP_PROC(x.first); cerr << ", "; DUMP_PROC(x.second); cerr << "}"; }
template <typename ...T, typename U, U... Seq> void DUMP_PROC(tuple<T...> &x, integer_sequence<U, Seq...>) { (void)(int[]){(cerr << ((const char*[]){"", ", "})[!!Seq] << (DUMP_PROC(get<Seq>(x)), ""), 0)...}; }
template <typename ...T> void DUMP_PROC(tuple<T...> x) {cerr << "{"; DUMP_PROC(x, index_sequence_for<T...>()); cerr << "}";}
template <typename T> void DUMP_PROC(vector<T> x) { cerr << "["; for (auto &xi : x) { DUMP_PROC(xi); cerr << (&xi != &*x.rbegin()?", ":""); } cerr << "]"; }
template <typename T> void DUMP_FUNC(T x, const char* name, const char* fn, int ln) { cerr << "\e[32m[DEBUG]\e[m " << name << ": "; DUMP_PROC(x); cerr << " @ " << fn << "(" << ln << ")" << endl; }

// gcc拡張マクロ
#define popcount __builtin_popcount
#define popcountll __builtin_popcountll

// 標準入出力
struct qin { // query input
    size_t sz;
    qin(size_t _sz = 1) : sz(_sz) {}
    template <typename T> operator T () const { T a; cin >> a; return a; }
    template <typename T> operator vector<T> () const { vector<T> a(sz); for (size_t i = 0; i < sz; i++) cin >> a[i]; return a; }
    template <typename T, typename U> operator pair<T, U> () const { T f; U s; cin >> f >> s; return pair<T, U>(f, s); }
};
qin in1; // input one
template <typename T> void say(const T x, const char* end = "\n") { cout << x << end; }
void say(const ld x, const char* end = "\n") { cout << setprecision(30) << x << end; }
template <typename T> void say(const vector<T> x, const char* sep = " ", const char* end = "\n") { REP(i, x.size()) { cout << x[i] << (i+1 == i_len ? end : sep); } }
template <typename T> void say(const vector<vector<T>> x, const char* sep = " ", const char* end = "\n") { REP(i, x.size()) { say(x[i], sep, end); } }

// モジュール
// [[LIBRARY]]
// [[/LIBRARY]]

// 処理内容
int main() {
    
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false); // stdioを使うときはコメントアウトすること
    cin.tie(nullptr);            // インタラクティブ問題ではコメントアウトすること
    
    string s = in1;
    ll n = s.size();
    vector<int> t(n);
    REP(i, n) t[i] = s[i] - 'a';

    constexpr ll w = 'z' - 'a' + 1;
    vector<vector<ll>> g(w);
    REP(i, n) g[t[i]].push_back(i);

    vector<ll> from(n, -2);
    deque<ll> q = {-1};
    ll i;
    ll suffix;
    while (q.size()) {
        i = q.front(); q.pop_front();
        bool done = false;
        REP(j, w) {
            ll k = upper_bound(ALLOF(g[j]), i) - g[j].begin();
            if (k != g[j].size()) {
                k = g[j][k];
                if (from[k] == -2) {
                    from[k] = i;
                    q.push_back(k);
                }
            } else {
                done = true;
                suffix = j;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (done) break;
        // REP(j, q.size()) cerr << q[j] << " \n"[j==q.size()-1];
    }

    vector<ll> ans = {suffix};
    for (; i >= 0; i = from[i]) {
        ans.push_back(t[i]);
    }
    reverse(ALLOF(ans));

    string anss(ans.size(), ' ');
    REP(i, ans.size()) anss[i] = 'a' + ans[i];
    say(anss);
    
}

Measured memory_bytes: 4756