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Xavier buys an abandoned storage unit's contents, finding the corpse of Manhattan Public Administrator's Office employee Travis Unger, who stole from people who died intestate. Also found, is the 18th-century seafaring equipment chest of Captain Emerson Barker, aka the pirate Black Peter, whose missing captain's log included the location of the gold-laden sunken Spanish galleon, Santa Leticia. Unger had offered Lars Vestergaard half in return for salvaging it. Lars claims he rejected the offer, having already obtained salvage rights from the Admiralty courts. But someone beat him to the treasure; Farhan Al-Asmari admits to salvaging it, after buying the log on the dark web. They learn from a marine archaeologist, who once sabotaged Lars' salvage equipment, that the Seville archives show there was no treasure on the Santa Leticia. It leads to Lars' arrest for defrauding his investors, and killing Unger after realizing he'd owe his investors ten times the treasure's value if it was actually found. Meanwhile, Jameel's murder is probed, prompting Shinwell to ambush and beat Sherlock, revealing that SBK manipulated the killing. Shinwell insists he'll "take SBK down...and anybody who get in my way gonna get hurt."
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