After resigning, a secret agent finds himself trapped in a bizarre prison known only as The Village.

Inspired by a large chess game with people taking the place of the game pieces, Number 6 formulates a new escape plan with some compatriots.

Number 6 vows revenge and goes after a sadistic Number 2 after he drives a fellow village resident to her death.

After a brawl Number 6 is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social treatment."

Because all other attempts to break Number 6 have failed, Number 2 decides to engage him in a game where one of them will end up dead.