After work, Jimmy went home first, changed his clothes and took a taxi to the hotel. When Jimmy returned home in the afternoon, he had already called Charon, and this time he was not looking for Winston, so he only spoke to Charon and did not let him inform Winston.

Jimmy got out of the car wearing sunglasses, didn't take them off when he entered the hotel, and just walked to the front desk, Charon nodded, left the bar and led him into a reception room inside.

Charon: "Mr. Yang, how can I help you?" ”

Jimmy took out his phone and flipped to the photo: "Charon, look at this pattern, do you have an impression?" ”

Charon took Jimmy's phone and looked at it, paused before returning it to Jimmy, "Sorry, this photo is too blurry for me to recognize." ”

Jimmy: "Well, it's okay, one of your beautiful bartenders in the bar downstairs is called Adi, right, is she at work today?" ”

Charon: "I need to make sure." ”

Jimmy: "Well, if she's here, let her come over for a moment, I remember seeing this one in her tattoo all of a sudden." ”

Charon's face changed slightly, and his eyebrows furrowed, "Are you sure?" ”

Jimmy nodded: "I haven't seen her much, but I have an impression and need to confirm with her." ”

Charon: "She's in trouble?" ”

Jimmy shook his head: "It's not certain yet, the NYPD found some body parts in the East River, this is the tattoo on one of them, but it is partially decomposed, and it is not clear to see." ”

Charon: "I see, if there is anything related to us, please let Mr. Yang know in advance." Please. ”

Jimmy: "That's what I'm here for, call her over." If she's not at work, please let her come back as soon as possible, and I don't have much time on my side. ”

Charon: "I understand, please wait here. ”

Charon brought a bottle of Green Label Bourbon and a glass from the nearby wine cabinet, poured a glass for Jimmy, and left the reception room. It doesn't look like Charon will be away for a short time, or else he wouldn't have prepared so much for Jimmy.

Jimmy just sat down on the couch and picked up his cup and drank it a little bit.

Time passed little by little, and after waiting for half an hour, Charon took Adi to the reception room, "Sorry, Mr. Yang, I've kept you waiting." ”

Jimmy waved his hand, "It's okay. Adi, can I see the tattoo on your arm? ”

Adi nodded, took off his coat directly, and only kept the bra inside, revealing his upper body half-naked. Jimmy got up and came to her, having a wrong memory, thinking that the tattoo was only on the arm, but in fact there were such patterns on the arms and shoulders.

Adi has a lot of tattoos on his body, and although they look beautiful, Jimmy has no interest in tattoos, and he doesn't have any special affections.

After making sure that the outline of the pattern was basically the same, Jimmy took out his phone and handed it to Adi, "Okay, let's get dressed first." If you look at this photo, does it look like a part of your tattoo? ”

Adi took the phone, first looked at the pattern on the photo, then glanced at his right arm, and nodded, "Yes, if you just look at the outline, it's about the same." ”

Adi gave the phone back to Jimmy and put on his clothes as he spoke, "So what's going on?" ”

Jimmy: "Does this pattern have any special significance?" ”

Addy: "No, I chose it from the atlas. ”

Jimmy: "Who's your tattoo artist?" In what place? ”

Adi looked at Charon, Charon nodded, and Adi looked at Jimmy: "This is the work of ink alchemy, the owner is Arya, I don't remember the last name, it should be Blackwood." That's right, Aria Blackwood, her shop is in an office building in Downtown. ”

Jimmy: "You're sure you chose the pattern in her brochure, right?" Do many people choose this? ”

Adi shook his head: "Every time I go, I make an appointment in advance by phone, and I am the only customer on the spot." ”

Jimmy frowned, "Is there anything special about this person?" ”

Adi: "She only accepts customers by appointment, I don't know about the rest." ”

Jimmy: "Is there anything else I didn't ask?" About this Blackwood. ”

Adi: "No, because it's just a tattoo artist, I haven't asked about anything else about her." ”

Jimmy nodded: "Thanks, Adi, sorry for your trouble." ”

A smile finally appeared on Adi's face, and it seemed that he really had nothing to do, "You're welcome, goodbye, Mr. Yang." ”

She nodded to Charon and turned to leave the reception room.

Jimmy watched as Adi closed the door and looked at Charon, "Is there something wrong with this tattoo artist?" ”

Just now Adi answered the tattoo artist's situation before watching Charon and getting permission to say it.

Charon: "This tattoo artist is a collaborator of the hotel, and a lot of people choose to go to her, including people in the administrative center, you know, most of us in this industry have the habit of getting tattoos, and everyone's choices are different, and some of the tattoos will have special meanings. It is inconvenient for these people to find someone outside to do tattoos, and it is easy to reveal their identity. ”

Jimmy looked at Charon in surprise: "The hotel even has a special collaborator for tattoo artists?" Isn't she open for business? ”

Charon: "No, she is just a collaborator, she must cooperate with foreign countries, but she also has requirements for customers, according to the data, the number of her customers should not be much, she belongs to a well-known niche tattoo artist, her tattoo skills are very good, she is very famous in some circles, and there are many well-known people among customers." ”

Jimmy: "Stuff? Have you investigated? ”

Charon nodded, and Jimmy thought for a moment, since this person was a hotel collaborator, it was inconvenient to go over directly as an FBI and ask, "Can I ask her to help look at this pattern?" Determine if she can provide a lead? If her clients were really well-known people, there would probably be big trouble in this corpse mutilation case. ”

Charon shook his head: "Based on the number of tattoos she has had over the years, I doubt she will be able to remember most of her clients because of the number of us who have them." ”

Jimmy was about to speak, but Charon continued, "However, I can help you relay it, and if she has any impressions, I will let you know as soon as possible." ”

Jimmy raised an eyebrow, "Oh, Charon, thank you. Winston is such a lucky guy. ”

Charon bowed slightly, and Jimmy: "I'll send you the photo, help me ask." ”

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Jimmy left the hotel wearing sunglasses, and this time he didn't have to take a taxi, and Charon arranged for the hotel's waiter to help take Jimmy home. Winston is so happy that he wants to get Charon over as a housekeeper, it's so sweet.

Back home, Nia looked at Jimmy's clothes and asked in surprise, "Didn't you go to work today?" ”

Jimmy took off his coat and said, "Go investigate something, do some disguise." How are you today? By the way, When will Chuck retire? ”

Nia: "It's still the same, it's calm. As for Chuck, it should be next year. Thirty years, that's a long time. ”

Jimmy: "That's great, it's good to be able to retire smoothly and get a full pension. Now he can bring new people or sit in the office, right? ”

Nia: "Well, I'm basically out of the field anymore. But I heard some time ago that someone had already offered him a job to become a security consultant for a company when he retired. ”

Jimmy smiled, this technique is similar to Hughes's side, Hughes has just retired, and several invitations have been sent to the house, but Hughes's level is obviously much higher.

Jimmy: "Yes, with a pension and a consultant's salary, it's enough for him to live out his old age." ”

Sitting on the couch, "What's for dinner?" ”

Nia looked at Jimmy in surprise, "I thought you were out there, you weren't home when I came back." Wait, the takeout I ordered will be delivered in a while. ”

After a day's work during the day, neither of them wanted to come back to cook, so they either ate out or ordered takeout to come back, in short, they must not be hungry.

Jimmy: "When I came back in the afternoon and changed my clothes, I went to investigate the case, just eat a little bit, I don't have a good appetite today." ”

Nia: "What's wrong?" ”

Jimmy: "I looked at a case today, and that picture looked sick to my stomach. ”

Nia: "Forget it, don't talk about it, it will affect your mood." ”

Jimmy shrugged his shoulders and grabbed the remote control for a boring channel change, looking for a show of interest to kill time.

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The next morning, as soon as Jimmy stepped out of the elevator, he saw a tired David preparing to enter the elevator, "David, what's wrong?" It looks like you haven't had a night off. ”

David waved his hand and walked into a nearby elevator: "Let's go back, I need to go back to catch up on sleep now, I haven't slept much for two days." ”

Jimmy watched the elevator doors close, turned and walked to his office. It seems that this smuggling case is very problematic, so David is so sleepless and busy for two days.

Not sleeping for two days is not much of a problem for Jimmy, in fact he only needs to take a nap every once in a while to maintain his energy, and now it is more of a habit to go to bed on time every day, and every day he wakes up early and can't sleep.

In the afternoon, Jimmy received a call from Charon: "Mr. Yang, I have already asked for the news you want, Ms. Blackwood wants to meet with you to talk, when do you think it is convenient to meet?" ”

Jimmy looked at the time, "Talk in person?" Can I see her directly? ”

Charon: "Yes, she agreed. ”

Jimmy: "Then it's three o'clock in the afternoon, you give me her address." ”

Jimmy didn't have time to go back to change clothes this time, so he wore a suit and sunglasses, and drove the Sabo class to the agreed place.

Jimmy's impression of tattoo artists is usually young people, fancy clothes with exaggerated hair, large earrings or nose rings and other accessories, it seems that the style is completely unacceptable, but this time I met Aria Blackwood is completely different.

Blackwood is a middle-aged white lady who looks like she's not too young, but her makeup looks like a normal office worker, and she doesn't have the tattoo artist Jimmy's impression all over her body.

When shaking hands, Jimmy found that her hands were very smooth and soft, as if they had been deliberately maintained, and they looked very clean and fresh without dyeing their nails.

Blackwood: "Welcome to my shop, Mr. Young. ”

Jimmy: "Good afternoon, Ms. Blackwood. ”

Blackwood and Jimmy sat in the reception area of the tattoo parlor, and Jimmy took out a photo from his pocket and said, "Ms. Blackwood, I think you've heard Charon say it, I'm looking for information about someone with this tattoo." ”

Blackwood: "Yes, but the picture isn't very clear, and you can't tell where the tattoo is, so I'd like to make sure with you." ”

Jimmy gave her the photo: "Sorry, I don't have the full photo here, because it was found on the body from a shredding case, and what we can be sure of at this time is that this photo was taken on the right leg, and the tattoo should be on the outside of the right thigh." By the way, can I take a look at the original tattoo picture from your side? ”

Blackwood took a picture book from the side, "This tattoo pattern is a variant of irises, I can tell from the photo, according to the tattoo style, it should be my client." Of course, I can't rule out that someone copied my design. ”

Jimmy glanced at the photo of the tattoo that had been turned out in the album, and the iris in the photo was basically the same as the bartender Adi's tattoo, and it was also very similar to the pattern in the case photo.

Jimmy: "So, do you have a client list here?" Which customers have tattooed this pattern on their legs? ”

Blackwood: "If you're sure it's a tattoo on your right thigh, then I can try to look into it." Hold on. ”

Blackwood walked to the room at the back of the studio, where Jimmy could see what she had taken from the cabinet inside, and began to rummage through it, which was familiar to her, and turned through it quickly.

Blackwood cooperated with the investigation so much, it seems that Charon played a role again, otherwise there is no need for a niche tattoo artist to be so polite and cooperative to Jimmy, an FBI agent, especially now that Jimmy needs her to provide relevant customer information, strictly speaking, these are private data, and she can refuse to provide information and refuse to cooperate.

Blackwood picked up his phone in the room, made a few calls, chatted with the people inside, and then wrote something in the notebook, tore it off and walked out.

Blackwood handed the paper in his hand to Jimmy: "Mr. Yang, I just contacted the customer who had tattooed irises on his legs to check the tattoo, but these two people could not be contacted, one mobile phone number has been cancelled, and the other has not answered the phone." ”

Jimmy took the paper and glanced at Victoria Hart, Anne Foster, followed by their two phone numbers, he looked up at Blackwood, got up and shook her hand: "Thank you for your cooperation, Ms. Blackwood." Sorry, I need to go back and continue my investigation now, so I won't bother you. Good bye. ”

Back in the office, Jimmy investigated the names and mobile phone numbers of the two people in the system, Victoria Hart's mobile phone number has been cancelled, this is meaningless, but the mobile phone number of the second person, Anne Foster, still successfully located her information in the system.

(End of chapter)