Gi-hun is saved with a spark of hope the old man never got to see. Gi-hun thinks who he needs to see. Talks to the man who put him in the squid game about becoming a VIP or staff with mask. This man replies to him reading off a piece of paper. Simply the old man's dying wishes. One of which says, "Winner of Squid Game. If you are hearing this. It means I'm dead. You may keep you're prize money or take one more gamble. Double down, if you will. And you may be left every penny I own. My son, believes me to leave him everything, has been wishing me dead for years. I should know, I gave my father the same look. However, my father was too rich and too bored. Which is one reason I made these games so deadly. Yes, I had him test and play the first game. With no will, I could forge my own and keep everything my father had as mine. The game worked. I entered the Squid Game this time because I wanted to feel adrenalin or alive. Anyway, my son may have everything that is mine right now if you refuse this offer which is: Face my son in any game that you have played and if you win, you may have all my VIP status and money."