Li Tianming looked at Crawford.
Crawford coughed softly twice, then flipped through the notebook in front of him without raising any objections.
Li Tianming then said to Qin Siyang, "I think they've shown a reasonably sincere willingness to admit their mistakes. What do you think?"
Although Furensa hadn't offered any specific compensation, Qin Siyang had complete faith in that old fox, Li Tianming.
He would surely keep a string in his hand when proposing a solution, preventing Furensa from turning on them afterward.
"All right, I agree. But their papers contradict my disc carapace. How are we going to resolve that?"
Li Tianming said, "Furensa, publish another paper as soon as possible, on research into a new variety of doom octopus."
"The doom octopus we encountered had twenty-two tentacles. Rather than immediately wagering its life against Sequence Ability Users, it first played a series of underhanded tricks that nearly killed Qin Siyang and me. So I don't think it can be lumped together with ordinary doom octopuses."
"Twenty-two tentacles?!"
Everyone sucked in a breath at that.
The fact that these two had survived was truly impressive.
Furensa, however, picked up on something even more important in Li Tianming's words. "Professor Li, are you saying that doom octopus employed other methods during its life-or-death wager?"
"Yes. The doom octopus we encountered was clearly smarter than the relatively 'straightforward' ones I knew about, which simply wagered their lives. Qin Siyang was the one who took its wager. You can ask him for the details."
"What? Qin Siyang was the one who wagered his life against the doom octopus, not you?!"
They had all assumed Li Tianming had taken the wager.
Upon learning it was Qin Siyang, their eyes widened one after another.
Qin Siyang wasn't pleased to hear that.
"Who are you