The verdict has been passed. Danila Nimak is sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Danila has to adjust to the harsh life and attitudes in prison. He is treated at best as air – that is, completely ignored. Understanding his desperate situation, he gets addicted to drugs. Receiving another parcel of contraband, he smells journalist Avdeeva's favorite perfume. He realizes that she is alive. The beast simply leads his game and further, forcing Danila to sink to the bottom. And only the sacred goal to save Nadezhda gives him the confidence and desire to continue the fight. He shares his thoughts with his former commander Popovich. Danila remembers that Nadezhda recommended a lawyer from Iron Law to him. He decides to approach the lawyer with his case. At some point, a thug from a gang of rapists is put in jail. He tries to put Nimac down. Danila temporarily manages to fight off the cellmate's attack. However, he realizes that he won't survive the next night. The beast continues the game and leaves Nimak alive, eliminating the authority thief. And then, the beast, through his man, testifies that Kutsepalova killed Avdeeva with Danila's gun. Danila is released from custody. The beast again commits murders in the mountains. Danila prowls around looking for the killer. Eventually, he catches up with the beast. A dialogue ensues, from which Danila learns that Nadezhda is "in the basement" held hostage by the beast. And if Danila kills him, the Hostages, and there were two of them at the time, a journalist and a five-year-old boy, would simply starve to death. Danila had no choice at all. Saving his life, he kills the beast. At the same time, he himself falls into a trap. He slowly freezes to death on a rocky ledge. He is found when Nimak's body temperature has dropped below plus twenty degrees. For several days doctors fought for his life. When he regained consciousness, he continued his search for hostages...