SEONGCHAN IS AN NPC

What if Seongchan is the real npc in the game that's why he's so desperate in escaping it?? I mean all of them are desperate but SC is on another level to the point of manipulating everyone and removing their tapes just to ensure his own survival. It's also weird how he was able to "influence" and made that other npc guy into his lackey. Yeah sure you can change the npc's behavior but that would depend on your interaction with him AT THAT VERY MOMENT. How was he able to (possibly permanently) change the npc's behavior and apply that change all throughout the (future) gameplays even when SC's tape is already removed? Maybe there's an explanation to this tho since it's just been introduced in the latest chapter, but my wild theory would be (1) SC has higher access to the game, (2) he inserted a tape for that npc guy so that he'll have a safety net in case all else fails or for when someone removes his tape. But I highly doubt that since it would make the story more complicated IMO, or (3) he found a way to exploit the game.

Get this, for whatever reason an npc becomes sentient and learns that he is an npc. And maybe with his ambitious character he doesn't want to be just an extra in the game anymore and wants to turn into a real human with flesh and bones that exists outside of the game (kinda like pinnochio's wish ig). But then even with giving his all in playing, there is still no assurance that he would be able to escape, so eventually his desire corrupted him into a selfish person and made him manipulate the players so he can achieve his dream. Maybe he even removed everyone's tapes and switched himself with Bada in one of the early gameplays and made everyone believe that SC himself is one of the players and that Bada is an npc.

I have a feeling there's more to Seongchan and his relation to the game than what's been given to us in S1 and S2 (aside from him being the antagonist)