"Quiet!"

Brooklyn's face was a little ugly, this time he didn't give Harvin a chance at all, and directly commanded the two bailiffs.

"Take him next door."

Next door is a cramped, separate space, the size of two confessional rooms, separated from the courtroom by a glass vacuum that allows a madman like Curtis to participate in the trial without disturbing it.

Curtis was taken away, the scene fell silent, and the crowd continued to watch the interrogation video.

Curtis in the video recounts the first crime, and soon moves on to the second and third......

"I finally felt it, felt the words that the Red Demon Hahn taught us to speak"

"I am redeeming them"

"I have experienced the joy of redeeming others."

Everyone present knew that this was not the 'joy of redemption' at all, it was the morbid pleasure that Curtis had after the continued killing.

The thrill was intense and short-lived, and soon the immediate killing would not be enough to meet his ever-increasing threshold of pleasure.

What happens when people are not satisfied?

Will fall into irritability, will become more and more manic.

He would then re-evolve his killing methods in order to reach a higher threshold of pleasure satisfaction.

That's why serial murderers are constantly evolving.

Brooklyn thought so, and his heart was a little heavy.

However, the slap in the face always comes so quickly.

“…… You know the rest of the story. ”

Curtis summed up the rest in one sentence!

No mania!

No dissatisfied!

There is no threshold for pleasure to pull up!

Evolution without techniques!

Not even a change of mind!

A sentence of "similar to the previous one" is all solved?

Brooklyn looked into the side room, where Curtis, locked up, was writhing and relapsing.

Brooklyn couldn't understand.

This does not correspond to objective laws!

According to the information provided by the police, in the latter two cases, the whole family was wiped out!

The murderer tied up the hostess's husband, children, and the elderly, knelt in a circle around the bed, and killed them as if they were some kind of sacrificial ritual.

Kneeling posture, mandatory bystanders.

This is the evolution of techniques!

It is the execution of everyone in the posture of execution.

The psychology of the murderer believes that everyone is all guilty!

This is what Curtis has summed up from the predecessors of countless serial murderers before Curtis!

If what Curtis said is true, the killer has two mindsets towards the victim woman and the rest of the family.

For women, he is killed with a redemptive mentality.

To others, he is in a punitive mindset!

Brooklyn was a little confused. Was Curtis lying, or did he not fit the experience of countless serial murderer predecessors?

"I saved them all!"

Curtis in the footage is still talking.

"I admit it! But I'm not going to give up my power, I'm going to use them as a warning to everyone! ”

………………

"Curtis confessed to his crimes."

Ben Stone stopped playing the video, took a deep breath, and said heavily.

"Frankly, despite Curtis's insistence on a plea of not guilty, I still don't think it's necessary."

"What is the purpose of this trial other than satisfying Curtis's morbid desire for exposure?"

"I didn't see it."

"This video of the interrogation is enough to send him to prison and keep him company."

Benjamin was in the dock watching the jury's reaction.

It was clear that the situation was very unfriendly to them, and the jury, both men and women, was largely disgusted.

As long as you are a normal person, a mentally healthy person, it is impossible to have sympathy for this pathological unrepentant serial murderer.

Ben Stone returned to the plaintiff's bench with a serious expression and no squint.

This interrogation video is enough to crucify Curtis!

They've already won!

Curtis will be sent to be with Hahn or to be in the electric chair.

Ben Stone couldn't help but look at Brooklyn as he thought so, and then he was stunned.

He didn't understand why Brooklyn frowned slightly. Are there any 'unsolved mysteries'?

In the dock, Benjamin and Harvin looked at each other and stood up

"Honorable judge, I request an adjournment."

"Reason."

"Uh...... The next witness we were going to call was not able to show up. ”

Benjamin was in a hurry, with an expression of 'I'm telling the truth' and 'I'm serious'.

"This witness is important."

"What is the name of 'this witness'? What are the lines of the list of evidence you submitted? ”

Brooklyn asked more earnestly.

"Uh...... He was our newly discovered witness and was not included in the list of evidence. ”

"Hopefully, 'this witness' really exists."

Seeing Benjamin's sweaty appearance, Brooklyn decided to let him go for the time being and stop embarrassing him.

Seeing Benjamin before the trial, he wanted to use him to test his ATC ability, but before Brooklyn could increase his own weight, Ben Stone and Harvin teamed up to do everything.

At this stage, although Benjamin did not speak much, his thinking was obviously better than Harvin's, considering that the ATC handled both this case and Ray's case, there may not be too many resources allocated to Benjamin's side, and Benjamin has this kind of performance, which can be regarded as a passing grade.

In particular, in the end, the application for an adjournment was made in a hurry.

From the judge's point of view, this is a move that greatly disrupts the rhythm and coherence of the trial, and most judges will not allow it.

But from Benjamin's point of view, it was the best option.

Now Ben Stone took out the interrogation video, a big murder weapon, in which Curtis described in detail other tragedies outside of the two murders, confessed to his crimes, and did not shy away from saying "I admit that I am guilty, but I still have to make a not guilty plea, I just want to attract everyone's attention", and Brooklyn himself does not know how to cross-examine it.

He might make the same choice as Benjamin.

At this time, the jury had just listened to Curtis's description of the tragedy, and felt endless sympathy for the victim and endless hatred for Curtis.

As long as the defense speaks, no matter what is said, not only will it not be effective, but it will also increase the jury's anger against Curtis.

It's better to dry it for a while, interrupt this state of rising anger, and adjourn the court for the time being, and wait until everyone calms down tomorrow.

You may be scared when you first watch a horror movie, and the more you think about it, the more scared you become, but after a long time, no matter how scary the movie is, that's it.

……

……

Back in the inner courtyard, the time had come to five o'clock.

The whole afternoon was spent watching video, and it is estimated that the speeches of both sides did not exceed half an hour.

Brooklyn packed up and prepared to go home. As soon as I went out, I met Michael.

"Going for a drink?"

Facing Michael's smile, Brooklyn can't wait to pretend that he is blind and deaf, and that he can't see or hear Michael.

"Something has happened to the Red Devil Imitation Case, I have to go back and study it, and forget it today."

When Brooklyn refused, he was strangled by Michael's arms.

"I just wanted to ask you about Eugene's case."

Brooklyn asked, pausing his struggles and thinking for a moment

"Eugene? Ruby's son? ”

Michael smiled and nodded.