When your boss puts pressure on you, it’s hard to work. Colonel Gurov is pushed—an attack on the famous journalist Burdashov must be investigated as quickly as possible. Gurov is unhappy: the incident seems minor, and there’s too much hassle. He needs to interview his acquaintances. But Gurov won’t have time to get bored—at the apartment of the journalist’s friend, a dead body of a man is found. And that makes it serious. So the criminals aren’t hunting for Burdashov at all. They need his friend. But why?