11 parts Ongoing Inspired by the viral TikTok ship between Player 001 (Il-nam) and Player 456 (Gi-hun), this story dives into the dark, twisted aftermath of the Squid Game.
Seong Gi-hun thought it was over-the games, the bloodshed, the horrors. But when Il-nam, the supposed mastermind behind it all, reappears with a chilling proposition, Gi-hun is forced back into the nightmare. This time, the stakes are higher, the games more personal, and the lines between loyalty and betrayal blur.
Il-nam wants answers: Will Gi-hun still fight to save others, or will desperation finally push him to betray? Determined to see it up close, Il-nam manipulates Gi-hun into a new game-one designed not for the entertainment of the rich, but for his own twisted curiosity.
As the games begin again, their dynamic becomes a deadly dance of power, survival, and something neither can fully name. Is it hatred? Obsession? Or something far more dangerous?