At night, Bronnikov and Ali get out of the hut and enter the office. Bronnikov manages to find the phone, he calls Dasha, but the conversation is interrupted - the penetration was detected by security. Sergey and Ali manage to return to the hut unnoticed. But the fact of penetration into the office is fixed. "Slaves" in the middle of the night kicked out of the barracks for an inquiry - who was it? Slaves stand on the parade ground until morning, but no one confesses to entering the office. When the chief technologist promises everyone to double the production rate, Bronnikov admits his deed. Andrei returns to Sheremet and forces him to take him with him to the taiga. The guy does not believe that the father is a villain.