After winning the first game, Thanos and Nam Gyu grow closer. shares drugs with him, and Nam Gyu begins to follow his lead. In the next challenge — the team game "Six-Legged Pentathlon" — Thanos forms his own team, including Nam Gyu. They win, and Thanos further establishes himself as the informal leader. Though quiet, Nam Gyu becomes his closest ally. At the votes between games, both choose to continue — they share a similar motivation: victory, money, and the restoration of lost dignity.

Their friendship is built on mutual benefit and a shared goal, but it’s also clear that Thanos genuinely sees Nam Gyu as a trusted ally and “his person” in the Game. when they became very close... one evening, they both went to the toilet, just the two of them, in one stall.