Everyone calls the hero of the story Mr. Second - Man Number Two. He is second always and in everything: in work, in love, in science and even in ideas. To become the First, he decides on a desperate experiment: he develops a device for reading mental images. Technicians implement their plans, however, this is only half the battle. You need to prove to your colleagues that your brainchild works correctly. Simple laboratory experiments are not enough for this. This requires a bright, spectacular show. So that no one has any doubt that Number Two has become Number One. It doesn't matter that lives are at stake. Fury has become the main feeling.