For a long time he could not decide to take this step. And now the first blood is on his hands and death - he managed to do it. But the main goal is not achieved, and then another victim, then another, and another. And suddenly - a puncture, unexpected and fatal. Major Aransky is a little confused: a lot of things don’t add up, don’t fit in, sometimes they give up, the investigation moves slowly, and not as much as we would like. But you can’t give up, it’s not in their rules with Kordybaka. Step by step, and only forward. All characters and events in the novel are fictitious.