Captain Blake hastily leaves for the USA, where Olrik has escaped from prison, to help the FBI find him again. Professor Mortimer, disappointed that this unpleasant development cancels the plans of the two friends for vacation, receives an unexpected invitation to travel to Greece, where a small earthquake in Mani has brought to light something that could completely overturn what we know from the Holy Scriptures about the end of Judas Iscariot. The two events are seemingly unrelated, but they have a common denominator: a mysterious and wealthy entrepreneur, who plans to use the new discovery to become the ruler of the world.