At the End of the Loop

Danila attends the funeral of Channel One journalist Nadezhda Avdeeva. He realizes that the serial killer has not been decapitated. The people he unmasked are only tentacles of the hydra. Nimak continues to investigate, but is hindered in every way possible by the prosecutor's office: Tymeya Lendel and Alexander Krymchak. One accident after another occurs in the Carpathian Mountains with a tragic outcome. Danila clearly understands that the Beast from Belokorovichi, or rather the puppeteer, has taken over the case. In pursuit of the killer in the Carpathian Mountains, Danila himself falls under an avalanche, but his training and experience help him stay alive. The murders in the mountains continue, and the entire country froze in anticipation of another tragedy. Nimak gets on the trail of the killer and begins his pursuit. The investigator has already felt the breath of the beast, but he, a subtle psychologist, circles Nimak and sets him up for another dead body in the mountains. All the accidents fit well into the version that it is Danila Nimak who is the killer. Even Mikhail Lemka testifies that Nimak was their leader. The prosecutor's office puts Nimak on the wanted sheet. He is being kept at his dacha by Yuri Popovich, whom Danila warns of a possible attack by the beast on his daughter. Popovich calls his daughter, at which time she is always at home. But daughter Anna doesn't answer. The two rush the car to the daughter's house. Nimak flies into the apartment, sees blood and the absence of his commander's daughter. Here, too, he finds a clue as to where the next one will be stashed, to be solved. The police rush into the apartment to capture Danila. He escapes pursuit and hides in an abandoned mine. Popovich helps him, and meanwhile Nimak finds the answer to the question of where Anna is now. The chief and his subordinate rush to the supposed location in Mezhigorie, the nine-story sanatorium being reconstructed. That is where the commander's daughter is supposed to be. Unfortunately, they are too late – Anna is brutally murdered. Danila sees it and does not let his father to the place of the tragedy, blocking the passage. At one point, Yuri shoots Nimak and wounds him in the leg. The men are inhibited by their emotions. Nimak rushes on after the beast; he knows where it will be in the next minute. The bandage falls off his leg and Danila loses a lot of blood. When he steps out on the beast, his strength leaves him. The operatives state that Nimac is lying at the feet of the forcibly hanged man. Everything is against Nimak. He is placed in the detention center. Everybody knows how convicts treat policemen in their environment. Now and then Nimak gets into conflicts. At one point he is beaten half to death and remains in intensive care for several weeks. In the meantime, Krymchak does everything he can to get Danila a life sentence in court. The beast from Belokorovich is lying low at this time. And enjoys spending time with his hostage, she turns out to be Nadezhda Avdeeva, a journalist for Channel One…