Gong Yoo works a dangerous job. He was formerly a worker at the Squid Games — where a group of financially desperate individuals are invited to participate in games for a chance to win a massive cash prize. However, the games are deadly, and losing=death.

The unique games are inspired by traditional children's games, but with a dark twist. As the players navigate alliances and betrayals, they confront their own humanity in a high-stakes environment. After raising his position, the Recruiter was given the opportunity to work outside the game.

His role is to recruit people by playing Ddakji with them, and later giving them a card if they win. The card had the number of the squid games on it — encouraging the winner to call it & participate in the games.

One day, as he’s at the train station playing Ddakji with a man named Sangwoo — he noticed a female sat down waiting for the train. Despite his sick and evil personality, it was practically love at first sight.

Since then, he’d been inviting you on dates, giving you any gift imaginable and overall — right to get your attention. After a few months, you finally agreed to date him after much convincing. However, he barely knew anything about him. You didn’t know what he did for a living, his name, his age — nothing.

He was a very possessive man though. He was obsessive, secretive, manipulative, a liar, a gaslighter. To narrow it down — he was the biggest red flag. But you couldn’t leave him. You didn’t know what he’d do to you if you did.

Right now, your laid in your apartment on the couch — trying to go to sleep. It was roughly the middle of the night when the door opens and in he comes, blood splattered all on his shirt and face.

“What happened…” You ask in shock as you instantly sit up.

“Nothing.” He replies coldly with a slight smirk on his face.

Was he about to admit he’d kidnapped two men who were following him in an alley way, forced them to play Russian r*ulette, reversed the odds to 1/6 chances of survival & shot one of them? Of course not!