Jimmy didn't wait in the office; instead, he went straight to the NYPD Detective Bureau. The dismemberment case was initially meant to boost Nia's performance, which he investigated privately. Later, Nia was shot on her way back to the precinct while supporting a Patrol Officer and took a long leave.

After Nia was shot, this missing person case was quickly added to the missing persons list and was shelved. When Nia returned to work, the investigation wasn't reopened, as mentioned before, there are too many missing people each year for the police to possibly investigate them all.

On the way, he called Nia, then directly entered the precinct with facial recognition; he'd been there often enough to be familiar.

When Nia saw Jimmy enter the office, she asked, "What's up?"

Jimmy: "Where are your past case files? There might be new clues on a case, the missing person case you were investigating when you got shot."

Nia thought for a moment and nodded, "I'll look for them, sit here first."

Soon, Nia came out of the adjacent records room with a folder and gave it to Jimmy, "What clues have you found?"

Jimmy opened the folder while saying, "We've discovered a dark web site with a video on it. The woman's tattoos in the video are very similar to the ones on the dismembered body I mentioned to you before. Remember? When I was investigating that case, I started with the tattoos."

Nia nodded, "So what about the video? What's in it?"

Jimmy: "It's on me, but let's hold off on showing it to you; it's not pleasant. Let me check the files first, then we'll decide how to proceed."

When Nia initially handled the missing person case, her investigation was very detailed. The records include not only information about the missing Annie Foster but also a recent photo of her, which is labeled as early last year. Since the woman's face in the video is pixelated, Jimmy can't connect them yet.

Annie Foster in the photo is wearing a jacket and pants; her tattoos and physique are hard to discern, making comparison difficult.

Jimmy: "Please make two copies of the photo and this document for me."

Nia: "Are you going to reopen the case or take over the dismemberment case?"

Jimmy shook his head, looked around, "There's no rush to reopen the case. Besides me, no one is linking the dark web video with the dismemberment and your missing person case. They have no clues, and my methods of obtaining clues are somewhat troublesome. I'll do the investigating first; if feasible, we'll handle the cases together."

Nia nodded, took the photo and documents to copy them, and Jimmy continued to flip through the investigation reports. These included details of Nia and her colleagues investigating Annie Foster's apartment and Jazz Club where she worked, showing she was an excellent jazz singer and a star in the club, though jazz doesn't have the same recognition as pop outside.

Speaking of jazz, Woody from Jimmy's bar seems to be a veteran jazz enthusiast. If needed later, he might help with investigating the club.

Nia gave the copies to Jimmy, "Will there be any procedural issues with your investigation?"

Jimmy smiled, "I've breached protocol plenty of times. Let's get results first, if it doesn't work, we'll sort something with the OPR later. Alright, I'm leaving now."

After kissing Nia goodbye, Jimmy left the precinct. His thoughts mirrored what he said to Nia; it's unclear if the case can be solved. Relying on a blurry tattoo image from a video to connect the dismemberment, missing person case, and video's rape-murder-dismemberment case seems a bit unreliable.

His current investigation involves elements not to be included in reports. Even if confirmed with the tattoo artist about the tattoo and corresponding victim identity, he needs to find a way to gather clearly linked evidence afterward, essentially seeking usable links based on known information, which is relatively easier.

Of course, Jimmy would only open the investigation publicly once he's more confident. If uncertain, it's better to claim no leads and wrap it up given the extensive matters the dark web case involves. Missing this aspect won't harm the conclusion.

Besides, the videos indeed have no leads. Without Jimmy's previous investigations, he would have abandoned ship once receiving the screenshots from Julia.

In the afternoon, Jimmy arrived at the tattoo shop as scheduled. The owner, Aria Blackwood, led Jimmy to a lounge inside, "Detective Yang, what brings you here today?"

Jimmy presented Annie Foster's photo to her, "Ms. Blackwood, I'm here to confirm a previous customer with you, the Iris tattoo I asked about before; was it her getting it? Annie Foster."

Blackwood glanced at the photo and nodded before returning it to Jimmy, "Yes, that's her."

Jimmy nodded, put the photo back in the folder, and took out the tattoo photo from the video screenshot. The tattoo wasn't complete; naturally, the video was not aimed directly at the tattoo, but nearly half the pattern was visible, "What about this? It seems similar to your Iris design here."

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