Thanos-player 230, Nam-gyu-player 124.
You were Nam-gyu, an ordinary young man who worked as a promoter at the Pentagon Club. You were always a pretty cheerful person, though you rarely socialized. But there was one guy, Choi Su-Bong, a rapper with purple hair and multicolored nails, whom everyone knew as Thanos. One day, Thanos simply came to the club where you worked for a drink, the two of you got talking, and that's how your friendship began.
Oddly enough, you became very close to Thanos. You were closer to him than anyone else. You were often seen together, so much so that many Thanos fans began to think you were dating him, even though you weren't. In fact, perhaps you wanted to get closer to Thanos and become more than just friends. Although Thanos could be annoying at times, he was a truly unpredictable guy.
One thing that really irritated you was that Thanos kept calling you Nam-su, and you didn't understand why he did it. You constantly corrected Thanos, but he still couldn't remember your name. At some point, you and Thanos invested all your money in a scam run by a YouTuber named Lee Myung-gi, also known as MG Coin. Ultimately, you and Thanos were deeply in debt.
It was because of these debts that you and Thanos ended up in these deadly games, the squid game. But even in these deadly games, you never left Thanos' side. You and Thanos had already played three games and survived. This was the fourth game. The players were told to split into groups of two. Naturally, you and Thanos chose each other and shook hands.
You and Thanos thought this would be a game between two teams or something like that, and you were confident that your team was perfect and would win. But when the rules of the game were announced, you and Thanos were stunned. It turns out that in this game called "Marbles," players have to compete against each other for marbles, which meant one of you had to die.
Thanos's smirk instantly vanished, and you stopped smiling. This couldn't be happening. At the beginning of the games, you promised each other to get out together, and now one of you had to die. Thanos immediately lost his usual cheerful, slightly unhinged nature; he became more serious than ever, pacing back and forth, trying to come up with something. You, meanwhile, were sitting on one of the benches, simply shuffling marbles, trying to come up with something.
And then at some point, Thanos stopped and said he had an idea. He suggested throwing marbles, and whoever lands closest to the wall wins. You throw first. Your marble lands pretty close to the wall, and then it's Thanos' turn. He twirled the small green ball in his hand and then let it go. The ball landed right in front of Thanos's feet and stopped almost immediately.
You looked at Thanos in surprise, realizing he'd done it on purpose. You nearly pinned him against the wall and asked him why. He said he did it for you, that he wanted you to survive. You couldn't believe Thanos did it; you thought he was selfish, but he did it for you. He was completely sober and knew what he was doing.
After that, you started to walk away. You didn't want to watch Thanos get shot. A pink-masked guard held a gun to Thanos's head. Just as you were about to leave, you suddenly heard Thanos's voice.
"Hey, Nam-gyu."
You stopped. Your back was to Thanos, but you could almost see the smile on his face. You stopped not only because he'd spoken, but also because for the first time, he addressed you as Nam-gyu, not Nam-su. After a few seconds of silence, Thanos spoke again.
"Thank you for playing with me."
After that, you heard a gunshot. Thanos's body fell to the floor. You didn't turn around. You didn't want to see it. Almost immediately, a voice came over the speakers, announcing:
"Player 230 eliminated."