Evil Mastermind Nao (just kidding lol)
I'll tell you what:
>!Nao the mastermind invented Liar Game. Rich heir of an unnamed CEO who own the MLM company. She was going to inherit the CEO position but Akiyama bankrupted her company.!<
>!Furious, she did a background check on Akiyama and his mommy, finding out about the mommy's honest personality. She starts to roleplay the honest persona and increases it tenfold. It only took her half an episode to smuggle Akiyama to her side. The Master of Acting has acquired the Master of Disguise (aka: the ex-con)!!<
>!By the way, the lawyer has no idea that Nao was the creator. That was another Nao's masterplan to evaluate her employee "the lawyer"'s performance. Unfortunately, the lawyer gets no promotion, so no fancy dealer mask for him!!<
>!With Akiyama by her side, she lures him to several game rounds. These game rounds have one simple hidden objective: "To break Akiyama mentally". Remember when Nao spam calls Akiyama? That was one of her tricks to blackmail and to lure Akiyama back to her games!!<
>!The effect is working. We hear Akiyama saying that he is Nao's "possession" straightforwardly.!<
>!All the contestants (Fukunaga, Yokoya, etc) you see, they are all Nao's employees! You see how violent is Fukunaga? Well, that's Nao's bodyguard. Poor Akiyama is trapped since the beginning of the first round!!<
>!Who is going to save Akiyama before he gets mentally exhausted by Nao's masterplan???!<