Vershinin, fulfilling the conditions set by the kidnapper, goes to meet with Khaletsky alone. Kovak quarrels with Ilyina and plans to flee the country without her on a ship that smuggles weapons. Isakov instructs Zharov to kill Kovak. An opera who also learned about Kovak’s plans also leaves for the port. Moving all the arrows to Kovak, Medushevsky, it would seem, is again slipping away from justice. But Vershinin and his team do not give up, let alone Khaletsky agrees to cooperate with the police.