Sheremet refuses to go to the taiga - he has to figure everything out here and take revenge on Sergey’s killers. Dasha does not mind him - now she herself needs a lot to figure out. At the request of Sheremet, she organizes a meeting with one of the false investigators. Under the threat of a pistol, he admits that all ends in this story lead to Mezentsev. Recovering, Bronnikov puts the ship aground. Mezentsev orders to remove Bronnikov from the ship and deliver him to an illegal mine.