Luke gathered his thoughts and continued asking, "Describe your process of committing the crime."
Benson pondered for a moment, "When I killed Kyle Torres, I used a silencer and didn't cause any disturbance on campus.
After that, I rushed to the science building to find Josie, who was my real target.
But before I killed her, I had questions for her, so I needed to create chaos around us to ensure we wouldn't be disturbed.
I shot her friend Barbara, hoping to draw her out, but that woman didn't care about Barbara's fate and hid in the bathroom instead.
This wasn't necessarily a bad thing for me; I had a chat with her in the bathroom, and she admitted to informing on me. I asked her how she knew the anonymous account was mine. She said Herman told her.
I became even angrier, my friend Herman had betrayed me.
That damned creature.
I had always considered him my best friend, and this is how he treated me.
I knew Herman might be in the music building taking classes, so I went there to find him.
He was a coward, didn't try to run, but waited for rescue in the classroom.
I injured him and was about to finish him off when two idiots tried to play heroes.
As I mentioned before, the black olive exchanged shots with me, and the white olive tried to sneak up from behind, but black olive shot white olive, and I shot black olive, problem solved.
Both of them were idiots.
The frustrating part is, Herman also got away, and I couldn't find him anywhere. Worried that the police might enter the school, I ran away first."
Luke reminded, "Did you forget someone? FBI Agent Fannie?"
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I might have forgotten. I had just killed Josie on the third floor and was about to go downstairs to find Herman. Right when I stepped down to the second floor, I heard someone claiming to be the FBI, ordering me to raise my hands and not move."
I was startled, not understanding why the FBI had arrived so quickly.
Then I realized there was no one around, so I followed the voice, and saw that person claiming to be the FBI pointing a gun at a student.
I just shot her outright. There's nothing to boast about; the FBI is nothing special, haha."
Luke flipped through his notebook, "The first time you committed the crime, besides wearing a clown mask, did you have any other disguise?"
Benson laughed, "I had some black dye on my face."
Luke said, "You made a lot of preparations for this shooting."
"Right, but still an accident occurred, or else Herman would be dead, and I wouldn't have needed a second attempt."
Luke instantly asked, "Describe the second shooting."
Benson sighed, "The second shooting wasn't in my plan and was completely decided because Herman dug his own grave and due to the surveillance maintenance."
That morning, I saw Herman at school and greeted him as usual.
This idiot asked me to help draft a speech, claiming he wanted to speak for the victims of the shooting, but in reality, he wanted to capitalize on the public sentiment about the shooting to boost his prospects at university admissions.
He also brought up how I got admitted to the UCLA Division of the University of California."
I found it ironic at the time.
The shooting I orchestrated not only didn't take him out, but it also became a helpful tool for his college application.
Was I taking such a big risk just to help him get into college?
No, I couldn't let him off that easily.
I was about to explode with anger.
I entertained the idea of acting again, but it was just an idea since I wasn't prepared, and the risk would be even greater after the first incident."
I went into the academic building and habitually checked the surveillance, noticing that the warning light wasn't on. The school uses those old-style cameras that blink red when operating."
I kept observing and realized not just one camera was out, but all of them weren't working.
At that moment, I had a bold idea to finish off Herman completely.
So, I arrived at the student union office as agreed with a pistol and silencer.
I shot him twice in the chest, and you know the rest."
At this, Benson couldn't help asking, "Why was Herman also carried onto an ambulance? Is he not dead yet?"
Herman was still in critical care in the ICU, alive but uncertain.
Luke said, "You'd better pray he doesn't die, or your charges will be even more severe."
Benson showed a self-deprecating expression, "Isn't it ironic? The person who most hoped he would die is now hoping he can survive."
Benson pled guilty, and the case officially moved to the closure phase.
Robbery and Murder Department conference room, Police Detective Bureau.
Reid convened a meeting.
It included personnel from the first squad and the second squad team leader Clint Chen.
Clint, already quite stern, looked even more sullen.
Initially, the second squad was responsible for investigating the case of the poisoned food shooting in the science building.
But due to false testimony from the campus police, the case ran into dead ends.
Later, they discovered the drug dealer might be linked to the Skull Gang and thought Pike, the leader of the Skull Gang, was behind it all, leading the case nowhere.
Eventually, it was overtaken by Luke, coming from behind."
Also, because it was a loss of face, only Clint attended the meeting from the second squad.
Sitting in the middle of the conference table, Reid chuckled and said, "You always say Luke is my trusted favorite, accusing me of favoritism."
Looking at his performance in the two shootings, it's hard not to praise him.
If I didn't praise him, that would be truly unfair."