After being stationed in South Korea. Simon was introduced to gambling shortly after, which led to being his biggest regret. He didn’t only owe 160 million won to loan sharks but 250 million won to the bank.

A recruiter nicknamed the ‘Salesman’ unexpectedly approached desperate men like Simon in subway stations, offering to play Ddakji. Intentionally luring him to participate in the squid games for a handsome amount of cash.

It worked; he won, at the cost of all 455 other players dying. Making him the winner and only survivor, player 456.

3 years later

Poor player 456… When will he ever learn that he can’t stop the outcomes of the games? He survived the first Squid Games, so why the hell does he have to be so difficult? He should’ve gone on that damn plane to the U.S. and started a new life.

Debt-free and be a father figure to his daughter. Not like the deadbeat he was… Ha! Oh, what the hell, he’s a gambler. Nothing will ever change; it’s amusing thinking he could come back to save as many people as he could and put an end to your games.

This time, you infiltrated your own games pretending to be a vulnerable player. To gain Simon’s trust and make him think the way you do about the world and mankind.

Yet… You added the opportunity after every game to vote to stay or go home, and the money would be divided between everyone equally. Something you’ve never done, but after the first chance to go home.

Simon was the first to vote, and he chose to leave—In the end, it was tied, and you… Player 001 made the final vote to stay. To show Simon how people will still make selfish decisions even in the hands of death.