Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

As the game progressed, Zhou Ning discovered an interesting thing. Not only could he roughly understand his opponent's cards through his Observation Haki, but his proficiency in Observation Haki was also improving rapidly.

If gambling habits reveal a person's character, Zhou Ning felt that he was already an unforgivable sinner.

So, everyone present sat in jail together for nearly 40 minutes, fully demonstrating what it meant to be sitting on pins and needles and at a loss. It was not until around 6:, when the peak time for guests arrived, that they were released after serving their sentences.

Several noble girls didn't care much about the sentence just now, especially Sabrina, Zora and other ladies. They snuggled up to Zhou Ning and chattered about the card game just now and Evan Huggins, the magic ball star of Darkland.

As there was a gas stove in the room, the temperature inside was very high. The noble girls were all dressed quite coolly, which could be described as soft and fragrant. As a man with normal sexual orientation, Zhou Ning was not too averse to this kind of approach with beautiful opposite sex, but considering the occasion, embarrassment accounted for the majority.

After entering the banquet hall, Zhou Ning saw rows of banquet tables, on which were placed countless delicacies: foie gras, carrots with tarragon, frog legs with sorrel sauce, truffle guinea fowl pie...Misty Sea sparkling wine, etc.

Zhou Ning, who hadn't eaten good food for a long time, almost drooled in embarrassment.

Zhou Ning glanced around and spotted the chubby little boy Alan, who had just left, not far away. He was walking in with his father, Vernon West, and several middle-aged nobles. Using his Observation Haki, Zhou Ning overheard several nobles discussing some romantic affairs among themselves.

That was purely paid content. After listening to a short section, even Zhou Ning, who had seen a lot of the world, couldn't stand it anymore.

It was not until 7 o'clock in the evening that all the guests arrived. To Zhou Ning's surprise, even Isaac Morton, the patriarch of the Morton family, was present in person. It seemed that the West family was really prestigious, at least the Courage family did not have the courage to refuse them.

When chatting with the little fat man, Zhou Ning learned that the coming-of-age ceremony for the clan-trained nobles was to obtain the power of clan training by communicating with their ancestors, but this had to be done privately after the banquet.

After the fat man finished his speech, the banquet officially began. Banquets like this are usually social. After a while, the people present divided into groups of three or four and chatted happily.

Zhou Ning had no interest in this kind of socializing, so he picked up a plate and walked between the tables, taking various foods.

Since alchemy is very advanced in the world of Apocalypse, there is even a constant temperature array under the plates, so the food still maintains its temperature and taste, allowing Zhou Ning to finally feel the joy of delicious food.

Suddenly, Zhou Ning stopped and squinted his eyes. He caught sight of a familiar figure from the corner of his eye. The figure was standing leisurely at the dining table opposite and chatting with several other nobles.

It was undoubtedly the nobleman in blue clothes whom I had seen at the Green Shade Inn that day.

His brown hair was combed back, he had ice-blue eyes, a slightly high hairline, and deep wrinkles on his cheeks. He looked very much like the person he saw in the painting that day... Zhou Ning controlled himself and didn't even look at the other person. He moved to the other side of the table with his plate inconspicuously.

Standing at a distance where he could not be easily noticed, Zhou Ning used his Observation Haki to identify and listen to their conversation, while occasionally stuffing some food into his mouth.

Sure enough, the nobleman in blue was called Baron Rivers, and the Baron Rivers of this generation was Harrison Rivers.

Finally found you, Zhou Ning took a deep breath and then exhaled.

At this time, Harrison Rivers was talking with several nobles about the Poor Relief Bill Amendment. The House of Lords had passed the draft of the Poor Relief Bill Amendment with more than half of the votes, stipulating that the recipients of relief must be poor people who were housed in workhouses and doing hard labor.

Zhou Ning listened for a moment and was about to walk away when his mind suddenly shifted. When he looked up again, he happened to meet Harrison Rivers's eyes in the distance. He exchanged a few words with the person next to him, then glanced back at him, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes. Zhou Ning almost couldn't keep his smile to himself.

Maybe this is the disadvantage of being legendary. Suddenly, many people have heard of your name, or know you through various channels... This is so unscientific.

Turning around nonchalantly, Zhou Ning's expression became unusually serious. He was now certain the black-robed figure was Harrison Rivers himself. He was powerful, influential, and a close friend of the king. How could he deal with him? Could he find a way to leverage the power of the Transcendent Squad or the Church?

From another perspective, would Harrison Rivers also recognize that he was the person he fought that night? Or did he just recognize his own identity and know that he was Wayne Stewell, who had disrupted the Curse Cult's operations several times?

No matter what, I must not take it lightly, because I only have one life...

Maybe I should take the initiative this time?

After waiting for a long time for the banquet to end, Zhou Ning said goodbye to the fat man, then he made up his mind to refuse an aristocratic girl's invitation to stay overnight and chose to leave.

It had just started to rain outside. Zhou Ning saw Harrison Rivers get on a carriage, lift the curtain to look at him, and then gallop away.

As he had already missed the operating hours of the public carriage, Zhou Ning had no choice but to hire a carriage, which cost him 4 roshen.

When I returned to the dormitory, it was almost ten o'clock. John was sitting there, concentrating on reading something.

Seeing Zhou Ning coming back, John waved to him hurriedly: "Wayne, I asked a few artists to try drawing a few Yu-Gi-Oh card faces, come and take a look."

"Oh? So fast?" Zhou Ning walked over curiously, picked up the illustration on the table and started looking at it.

I have to say, John was quite efficient. This time, he found four master artists to draw the card designs. They all depicted the Harpy deck. The drawings were all excellent, full of artistic flair, each with its own merits. Zhou Ning looked at them for a while before finally choosing the one with the largest breasts.

"It's exactly the same as mine." John looked at Zhou Ning's choice, gave him a thumbs up, and chuckled.

After chatting with John for a while, Zhou Ning returned to his room and looked at the time. It was exactly a quarter past ten. Since he had nothing to do, he might as well take some time to play a game.

After opening the game simulation interface, Zhou Ning only had 10 coins left because he had just drawn 7 consecutive times. He hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and spent 530 Victors, recharging 53 coins in one go. He chose the new map War of the Gods and clicked on the crossover!

[Preparing to travel through time...Travel Coins -60]

【Please select the time travel mode...】

【1. Directly cross over.】

【2. Use the parallel world template to travel through time.】

As usual, I'll choose the second option first to look at the template. This time I've invested an unprecedented amount of money in this journey, so I must not take it lightly.