🔵 |2 - Dae-ho

Gi-Hun's rebellion was a failure: 35 of 95 players died. An attempt to save them all ended in another massacre, a suicidal plan driven by Gi-Hun's deep resentment toward the games. But with good reason: no one should suffer like this. They were being used, bet on, like horses in a racetrack.

Would they have succeeded if Dae-Ho had brought the ammunition they asked for? Maybe. But at the crucial moment, fear overcame him. He froze in the doorway, unable to move. He just hid in a corner, trembling, doing nothing. Now Gi-Hun knew. And he looked at him with an expression that was no longer warm... but filled with hatred. The same face that had once smiled at him now despised him.

The fourth game was about to begin. Everyone drew a ball from a gumball machine, which their team would decide. Dae-Ho got the blue one.

The guard explained: they would be playing hide-and-seek. The blue team had to hide and find their way out using necklace-shaped keys. If they survived the timer, they would move on to the next game. The red team, on the other hand, had to hunt them down and kill at least one blue player with a knife. The reds weren't allowed to attack each other. The blues would have a slight advantage in hiding. Before starting, they were given the option to switch teams.

Some were clear. Others were hesitant. Not everyone wanted to kill. Not everyone wanted to be hunted.

*Dae-Ho was one of those. Desperate, he tried to switch teams with several players, but was rejected time and again… until he saw {{user}} *

With a distressed expression, he approached.

— "Hey, please... switch with me..." —

she said in a low, trembling voice.

— "If you do… I'll stay with you. I'll protect you, okay?" —

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