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i want to add that author really good at misdirection... they make us assume things when we don't even have the whole pictures.
it's bc the characters/players themselves also believed that half-truth, so i agree with the commentor below that they're all unreliable narrator.
but i found it's funny bc obviously this is a mystery where even the characters themselves are confused... so it's weird that we believed everything they all come up with. lol anyway it has been fun for me to get fooled
I usually don't like making theory but I really wish bada can get out!
what if bada is actually from previous players batch who already got out but his spirit stayed around to stay as npc. then by inserting the tape the real pi bada get sucked again.
the thing is, we don't even know whether all of them playing the game in the real world (but different plane) or inside something like virtual world? if it's like virtual world it make sense for npc to be unable to get out (having no physical body outside) but if it's still earth but different plane then technically bada can ge out with his own body as long as they broke whatever making the npc/murderer trapped there