
He points outside where a man is dying in the cold and tells Gi-hun that the latter will win if someone comes to help the man by midnight. As an angry Gi-hun tries to suffocate him, Il-nam tells Gi-hun that he will tell him everything if he plays one more game with him. Even in his last moments, he makes a wager with Gi-hun about the life of another person. It became the ultimate source of entertainment for them. Il-nam and his clients or the VIPs betted against each other for their favorite contestants. So, to experience his creation from the other side of the glass, he decided to participate in the game, leaving his owl mask behind and wearing the No. They were desperate enough to do anything, including playing a series of deadly children’s games. They knew that these people didn’t have any other options because of their financial situation. This is likely why he, Front Man, and the recruiters chose Gi-hun and the others. And even after knowing what it is, most of them chose to come back to play it. Realizing that Gi-hun is outraged because he said he created the game for fun, Il-nam reminds him that all the contestants signed forms before entering the competition.

As a result, it apparently didn’t affect their conscience that they are dealing with the lives of real people. The money, power, and influence that these people have made them automatically entitled. He created an obscenely violent game that would suit his and his clients’ tastes. So, Il-nam created the game to have some “fun.” But he didn’t come up with a game like Polo or Golf to deal with his boredom. Having virtually everything that anyone can ever want, it apparently took the joy out of their lives. Il-nam was bored with his life, and after speaking to his equally rich clients, he realized that they felt the same. And when someone has that kind of money, it eventually comes to a point when nothing in the world can satisfy them. As he tells Gi-hun after the latter arrives at the apartment and is stunned to see him alive, he is extremely wealthy. Like any other game, the old man, whose real name is revealed to be Oh Il-nam, created Squid Game for amusement and entertainment. If you want to know why he created the game, we got you covered. 001 was behind the contestants’ pain, misery, and deaths is probably as heart-breaking for most audience members as it is for Gi-hun.

When he is seemingly killed after the Marbles round, you grieve with Gi-hun and even blame him for what happened.

001 is one of the most likable characters in the story. It was a shocking moment of realization and disappointment.
