Theory

So I read the newest chapter and it helped reinforce my belief in a theory I had come up with earlier (only read if you’ve read the newest chapter 78)































I’ll basically copy and paste what I typed on a previous thread, but essentially Seongchan was chosen in the rite as the “one person” that is granted the honor of seeing everything put in its proper place. Before, I theorized that that “one person” (now confirmed to be Seongchan) is the one that has to stay behind to allow everyone to leave. Maybe Bada was also a player in the past but then was chosen by the rite, therefore he was left behind to let a previous set of players leave and became a part of the game as an NPC. Bc a few chapters ago, the villager NPC specifically points at both Bada and Doha when referring to “all outsiders” that are involved in the the first offering, and I was thinking that if Bada was a true NPC, would he truly be considered an outsider? (Tbf though he could also be considered an outsider bc he came from outside the village just like the players. So I was unsure if outsiders referred to the players or if they meant literal outsiders of the village).

But now that Seongchan has become the “chosen” one, I was thinking that he would be the one that stays behind and becomes the new NPC in order to allow the others to escape. If Bada is able to escape, this would also explain how an “NPC” would be able to escape the game

Edit: I just thought about this too, but the villager NPC completely disappeared after his role in the puzzle was completed. With that logic, the fact that Bada hasn’t disappeared yet either indicates that his role hasn’t been fulfilled yet (could be related to his role in the rite), or that he is perhaps a player too