Amid the ticking countdown clock and the warped spectacle of The 8 Show, Han Seo-yeon is the one who sees the game for what it really is: a distorted reflection of society’s cruelty. When eight strangers are thrust into a towering prison masquerading as a game — where time literally becomes money and human worth is measured in minutes accumulated — Seo-yeon enters not with cunning ambition, but with brittle idealism, sharpened empathy, and a ferocious commitment to fairness.