Nikita, a colleague of the famous journalist Katya Zorina, is consumed by ambition. He also wants to achieve heights in his profession. Finally, his finest hour comes - a letter comes to the editor with a request to refute the accusation of treason made in the media against the war veteran Prokhorenko... Nikita is eager to independently conduct his first journalistic investigation. Without informing anyone, he takes a vacation at his own expense and goes to the site of long-ago events. He soon realizes: success in this dark matter will come to him only at the cost of his life...