I'll be honest, my gut reaction was fear. Mr. Beast has basically become YouTube's own mad scientist. He can snap his fingers and shape reality at this point. Despite part of me thinking I should just stay in the comfort of my own home, I felt really honored to be invited and kind of just wanted to show up, say hi, and then realistically go home within the first round of eliminations. I accepted the ominous invitation and before I knew it was flying to North Carolina being handed a custom uniform, all before even knowing what I actually just signed up for. I didn't even know if there was a prize for the winner at this point. Walking into the green room,

正直なところ、私の直感は恐怖だった。ミスター・ビーストは基本的にYouTubeのマッド・サイエンティストになっている。彼は指を鳴らして現実を形作ることができるのだ。自分の家でくつろいでいればいいと思う自分もいたにもかかわらず、招待されたことをとても光栄に思い、ただ顔を出して挨拶をし、現実的に最初の予選で家に帰りたかった。不吉な招待を受けた私は、いつの間にかノースカロライナに飛び、特注のユニフォームを手渡されていた。この時点では、優勝者に賞品があるのかどうかも知らなかった。グリーンルームに入る、

I was expecting to not know anyone, but to my relief, I saw a lot of familiar faces. I even used this time to ask MatPat what it was like to meet Scott Cawthorn and he told me FNAF secrets.

誰も知らないだろうと思っていたが、安心したことに、見知った顔がたくさんいた。この時間を利用して、スコット・コーソーンに会ったときのことをマットパットに尋ねると、彼はFNAFの秘密を教えてくれた。

So already, this trip was more than worth it. Eventually, we were herded down a long mysterious hallway until we saw it. The Mr. Beast cube. After everyone was filed inside, we were told the last person to leave the cube would be deemed the winner and also win a million dollars for their subscribers.

だからすでに、この旅はそれ以上の価値があった。結局、私たちは謎めいた長い廊下に連れて行かれた。ミスター・ビーストのキューブだ。全員が中に入れられた後、最後にキューブを出た人が勝者とみなされ、加入者に100万ドルが贈られると告げられた。

This is for a million dollars?! The challenge began. Immediately, people started jumping in the giant pile of real money that was inside, throwing handfuls of bills in the air, laughing, mingling. To pass the time, James and I drew our cartoon characters out of dollar bills on the floor. The staff came in and ended up giving everyone their own personal vlog camera to document their POV of the challenge, and I think I genuinely was the only person who didn't record a single second of footage on that thing. I just thought, I'm not gonna use this footage because

これは100万ドルのため？挑戦が始まった。すぐに、人々は中にある巨大な本物のお金の山に飛び込み、お札を空中に投げ、笑い、交流し始めた。時間をつぶすために、ジェームスと私は床にドル札で漫画のキャラクターを描いた。スタッフがやってきて、挑戦のPOVを記録するために全員に自分専用のVlogカメラを渡すことになった。私はただ、この映像は使わないと思った。

I'm not gonna make a video out of it and they're gonna have plenty of other people's footage to use.

ビデオにするつもりはないし、他の人の映像はいくらでも使えるだろう。

In hindsight, maybe it would have been a good idea to record something just in case. I don't know, maybe the Mr. Beast team would end up actually wanting to use some of my footage. Who's to say?

今にして思えば、念のために何か録画しておいたほうがよかったかもしれない。もしかしたら、ミスター・ビーストのチームが私の映像を使いたいと思うかもしれない。誰が言うんだ？

After maybe an hour or two, Jimmy came out for the first bonus challenge. A single free throw.

おそらく1、2時間後、ジミーは最初のボーナスチャレンジに出てきた。フリースロー1本。

Miss and you're eliminated, but make it and not only do you get to come back into the cube, you also win a cyber truck for one of your subscribers. They had 50 people's subscribers just in a room waiting for something to happen. I'll be honest, when Jimmy explained the extra credit challenge, I was like, hell no, I'm not going up to miss a free throw and leave immediately after nothing's happened yet. If my subscriber back there knew what was going on, they 100% would have understood they weren't getting called up for nothing. If I remember correctly, maybe two people ended up making their baskets and three people were eliminated.

失敗すれば脱落だが、成功すればキューブに戻ってこられるだけでなく、購読者の1人にサイバートラックをプレゼントできる。彼らは50人の契約者を部屋に集め、何かが起こるのを待っていた。正直に言うと、ジミーがエクストラ・クレジット・チャレンジについて説明したとき、私は、まだ何も起こっていないのに、フリースローをミスしてすぐに帰るなんてとんでもない、と思った。もしあそこにいた私の契約者たちが何が起こっているのか知っていたら、彼らは100％、無駄に呼ばれることはないと理解していただろう。私の記憶が正しければ、たぶん2

I could be wrong, I don't remember because I didn't vlog it. While chatting with friends,

間違っているかもしれないし、ビデオに撮っていないから覚えていない。友達とおしゃべりしながら、

Ludwig walked up and asked if I wanted to do a dice bet. With nothing else to do, I agreed.

ルートヴィヒが歩み寄ってきて、サイコロ賭けをしないかと聞いてきた。他にすることもなかったので、私は承諾した。

And to no one's surprise, I lost. And an evil expression washed over Ludwig's face.

そして誰も驚かないだろうが、私は負けた。そしてルートヴィヒの顔に邪悪な表情が浮かんだ。

All right, since you lost, I want you to walk up to Kai Sanat and introduce yourself with,

よし、負けたんだから、カイ・サナトに近づいて自己紹介してくれ、

Hi Kai, I'm Jaiden. So which of my videos have you seen?

カイ、僕はジェイデンだ。僕のどのビデオを見たことがある？

Maybe I should have just missed a free throw. Hey Kai, there's someone I want you to meet.

フリースローを外すべきだったかな。カイ、君に会わせたい人がいるんだ。

Hey man, I'm Jaiden. Nice to meet you. So which of my videos have you seen?

やあ、僕はジェイデンだ。よろしく。僕のどのビデオを見たことがある？

Excuse me? Holy shit, I'm gonna kill myself. Oh, um, so which of my videos have you seen?

なんだって？なんてこった、自殺するぞ。あ、あの、私のどのビデオをご覧になりましたか？

Oh, I'm sorry, I haven't seen any, I don't think. Ha, that's okay. Nice meeting you, bye. Kai was super chill and nice about it, but oh my god, I wanted to rip my skin off. I'm stuck in this cube with him until further notice, and it's all Ludwig's fault with his stupid dice.

あ、ごめん、見たことないんだ。はは、大丈夫だよ。会えてよかったよ。カイはとても冷静でいい人だった。このキューブから抜け出せないのは彼のバカなサイコロのせいだ。

I hate it in here, let me out! Oh, hi Jimmy. We were told to gather up in groups of five, designating one as a team captain who will have immunity for the next challenge. I was with James,

ここは嫌いだ、出してくれ！やあ、ジミー。私たちは5人ずつのグループになり、1人を次のチャレンジの免責特権を持つチームキャプテンに任命するように言われた。私はジェームズと一緒だった

Schlatt, Ludwig, and Charlie Moist Critical, using the dice to choose the captain. This time,

シュラット、ルートヴィヒ、チャーリー・モイストのクリティカルで、サイコロを使ってキャプテンを選んだ。今回は

I actually rolled highest, but reassigned it to Ludwig because I couldn't cope with the idea of possibly being responsible for a teammate's elimination. And then it was revealed captains would just have to assign their teammates a shape for the Squid Game Honeycomb Challenge.

本当は一番高い数字を出したんだけど、チームメイトの脱落の責任を負わされるかもしれないという考えに耐えられなかったから、ルートヴィヒに割り当て直したんだ。そして、キャプテンはイカゲームのハニカムチャレンジのためにチームメイトにシェイプを割り当てなければならないことが明らかになった。

Okay, well, I definitely overthought that one. I had Triangle, James got Circle, Charlie was Star, and Schlatt, unfortunately, got Umbrella. The 10-minute timer began, and everyone started deploying various different strategies to get their cookie shape out. Charlie used a new technique called puck as much spit as you can into the tin to dissolve it all. It was really gross. He ended up filling the tin almost to the top with spit. By the end, two people with stars were eliminated, and not a single Umbrella made it through. Bye, Schlatt. It was very funny seeing Mr. Beast lift the lid off Charlie's tin and immediately reel back in disgust, though. A total of 14 out of 50 people have now been eliminated, leaving 36 people. Honestly, that was good enough for me.

なるほど、確かに考えすぎだった。私はトライアングル、ジェームスはサークル、チャーリーはスター、シュラットは残念ながらアンブレラだった。10分間のタイマーが始まり、みんな自分のクッキーの形を出すために様々な戦略を展開し始めた。チャーリーは、クッキーを全部溶かすために、唾を缶の中にできるだけたくさん入れるという新しいテクニックを使った。本当に気持ち悪かった。結局、彼は缶をほとんど唾でいっぱいにしてしまった。最終的に、星を持っていた2人が脱落し、アンブレラは1人も通過できなかった。さようなら、シュラット。ミスタ

Losing at any point going forward was already further than I was anticipating. We were fed our little thing of rations and left to wait again. It probably doesn't seem like long in Mr. Beast's video, but it was like 9pm by the time we began the second real challenge. After being directed to choose a partner, James and I shook hands, ready to take on the next game as a team, and froze as it was revealed we had just chosen our own opponent. Another squid game tactic. I probably should have seen it coming, I just didn't expect the double up. The Beast staff revealed the next challenge as they rolled in a giant Jenga tower. Winner stays, loser walks. Unfortunately, the very first game of giant Jenga between KSI and AJ ended up taking literally two hours. Doing the math in our heads, we all kinda figured we probably didn't have the time to play Jenga for the next 30 hours. But just as AJ won, KSI hoisted him over his shoulders and ran out of the cube.

この先、どの時点で負けるかは、すでに予想していたよりも遠かった。私たちは小さな食料を与えられ、再び待つことになった。Mr.ビーストのビデオではそれほど長くは感じないかもしれないが、2回目の本格的なチャレンジが始まる頃には午後9時を回っていた。パートナーを選ぶよう指示された後、ジェームスと私は握手を交わし、チームとして次のゲームに挑む準備を整えた。またしてもイカゲームの戦術だ。こうなることは予想できたはずだが、まさかダブルアップされるとは......。ビーストのスタッフが巨大なジェンガタワーを転がしながら、

HUGE DRAMA. Everyone is freaking out, AJ was stunned, no one knew what to do. Was that legal?

大ドラマ。誰もがパニックになり、AJは唖然とし、誰もどうしていいかわからなかった。あれは合法だったのか？

Can you just carry people out of the cube? Jimmy had everyone take a vote, and pretty much everyone opted to bring AJ back in. Yes, out of the kindness of our hearts, but also out of fear of being manhandled. So since giant Jenga was a bust, production ended up scrambling to try and find like 12 sets of normal Jenga at midnight in North Carolina. A feat that seems impossible, but I feel like Jimmy could just call up the president of Jenga and have it all delivered via helicopter within 30 minutes. It took a bit, but the slightly larger than normal, yet still reasonably sized

キューブから人を運び出すことはできるのか？ジミーはみんなに投票させたが、ほとんどの人がAJを戻すことを選んだ。そう、心の優しさからだが、手こずらされるのを恐れてのことでもある。ジャイアント・ジェンガがダメだったので、プロダクションは真夜中のノースカロライナで12セットの普通のジェンガを見つけようと奔走することになった。不可能に思える偉業だが、ジミーがジェンガの社長に電話すれば、30分以内にヘリコプターで全部届けてくれそうな気がする。少し時間はかかったが、通常より少し大きく、それでも手頃な大きさの

Jenga towers were all set up. As our game was going on, James and I ended up making a pact that whoever was eliminated would relay to the outside world that the other was okay. Because we didn't have our phones, by the way. Our friends only knew we were in the Mr. Beast cube and haven't responded for 14 hours. Our game of Jenga was pretty intense. Eventually it got to the point where as I was watching James pull out a final piece, I realized there wasn't any left for me to safely remove. I'm about to be eliminated. And a flash of bliss washed over me. Sure, I'll be gone, but that's okay. I'll be set free into the outside world again. The cube is harsh, unforgiving. It's taken so many of my friends from me. The glass floor is hurting my butt. I'm ready to go now.

ジェンガタワーはすべてセットされていた。ゲームが進むにつれ、私とジェームズは、どちらが脱落しても、もう一方が無事であることを外部に伝えるという約束をすることになった。私たちは携帯電話を持っていなかったからだ。私たちの友達は、私たちがMr.ビーストのキューブに入っていることだけを知っていて、14時間も返事をしなかった。私たちのジェンガゲームはかなり激しかった。最終的には、ジェームスが最後のピースを抜くのを見ているうちに、私が安全に取り除けるピースが残っていないことに気づいた。私はもうすぐ脱落する。そして、至

And deeper into the trenches I went. James being eliminated meant I was moving on to cube day two.

そして、私はより深い塹壕へと入っていった。ジェームスが敗退したことで、私は2日目のキューブに進むことになった。

What a miracle. Watching the rest of the Jenga games was like watching an active war zone. People were focusing, cheering, sweating, praying. Towers were falling one after the other at the feet of now eliminated players. It was brutal. And also still taking way too damn long, man. Can I go to bed? The last game left to finish was between James and I. We were both in the middle of a finish. The last game left to finish was between Quackity and a popular Brazilian creator Ennaldino.

なんという奇跡だろう。残りのジェンガゲームを見ていると、まるで活発な戦場を見ているようだった。人々は集中し、歓声を上げ、汗を流し、祈っていた。敗退した選手たちの足元には、次々とタワーが倒れていく。残酷だった。それに、まだ時間がかかりすぎだよ。もう寝ていい？最後まで残ったゲームはジェームズと私のものだった。最後まで残っていた最後の試合は、Quackityとブラジルの人気クリエイターEnnaldinoの試合だった。

Apparently when it was revealed the challenge was Jenga, Ennaldino turned to Quackity and admitted he was a Jenga pro. Quackity had never played. Not the situation you want to be in. Quackity half-jokingly asked Ennaldino if he wanted to play rock, paper, scissors instead, to which he replied no. Which, you know, fair. But three hours into this single game, the two of them were neck and neck. Genuinely the most cracked round of Jenga possibly ever. Everyone in the cube was gathered around watching Quackity slowly pulling out the very last piece in this skeleton of a Jenga tower.

どうやら、その課題がジェンガであることが明らかになったとき、エナルディーノはクアッキティに向かい、自分がジェンガのプロであることを認めたようだ。クアッキティはプレイしたことがなかった。そんな状況にはなりたくないものだ。クアッキティは冗談半分で、代わりにジャンケンをしないかとエナルディーノに尋ねたが、彼はノーと答えた。まあ、そうだろう。しかし、この1ゲームが始まって3時間、2人は首の皮一枚つながった。ジェンガのラウンドでは、おそらくこれまでで一番ひびが入った。キューブにいた全員が、クアッキティがジェンガ・タ

Just as he was about to make it, Ennaldino asked, rock, paper, scissors? Quackity looked up at him.

ちょうど作ろうとしたとき、エナルディーノが尋ねた。クアッキティは彼を見上げた。

It was over. Ennaldino tried to hang in there, but in the end he fell. 18 people were now eliminated.

終わったんだ。エナルディーノは頑張ったが、最後は倒れた。これで18人が脱落した。

All right, it's 3am, let's go to bed. I genuinely thought they would let us go back to our hotel rooms for the night, but... man. Now this is just great. I won myself a ticket to a night in the

よし、もう午前3時だ、寝よう。僕は純粋に、このままホテルの部屋に帰らせてもらえると思っていたんだけど...。でも...。の夜のチケットが当たったんだ。

Mr. Beast cube, sleeping next to a bunch of people I barely know, and I was probably just gonna get eliminated first thing in the morning anyway. As I was getting ready for bed, Kai walked by.

ミスター・ビーストキューブ、ほとんど知らない人たちの隣で寝ていた。寝る準備をしていると、カイが通りかかった。

Hey, I gotta check out your videos sometime. Oh, I'm sorry man, I lost a bet to Ludwig and he made me say that. Oh, shit. Okay, damn. Oh, well that makes falling asleep a bit easier. Thank god he only thought I had a huge ego for 19 hours straight. Crisis averted. In the morning, production had to prep for filming again, which meant they turned on every single light in the building, flash banging all of us. They were turned off and then these loud ass BRRRRR sounds from construction started blasting. They turned the lights on again a few minutes later, but this time in a crazy strobe light effect for some reason. After breakfast rations, Jimmy returned, pointed to the entrance hallway and in walks Eyeshow Speed with too much energy for a group of people that just had the weirdest sleep of their lives. Alright, you guys have the chance to vote Speed into the cube to join you in challenges. The kind thing to do was to let him in, but we all just survived trenches no one could even understand. We were trauma bonded together and also it wouldn't be fair.

やあ、今度君のビデオをチェックするよごめん、ルートヴィヒに負けたからそう言わせたんだああ、くそっオーケー、くそこれで寝るのが少し楽になったよ19時間ぶっ続けで俺のエゴがでかいと思われただけでよかった。危機は回避された。午前中、プロダクションはまた撮影の準備をしなければならなかった。つまり、彼らは建物中のライトをすべて点灯させ、私たち全員をフラッシュバンで叩いた。その電気は消され、その後、工事現場のBRRRRRという大音響が鳴り響いた。数分後、彼らはまたライトを点けたが、今度はなぜかおかしなストロボ効果だっ

The majority of us moved to the voting side of no. Admittedly, me too. Mainly because I was a bit scared of him. Speed looked at Kai. At least shake my hand, man. You're gonna pull me out. As the two of them argued about a friendly handshake, Ludwig stepped up. I'll shake your hand, Speed.

私たちの大多数はノーという投票側に回った。確かに私もそうだった。主な理由は、彼がちょっと怖かったから。スピードはカイを見た。握手くらいしてくれよ。俺を引っ張り出すつもりか二人が握手について口論していると、ルートヴィヒが歩み寄った。握手するよ、スピード

His hand now extended to Ludwig. The moment their hands touched, Speed started yanking Ludwig towards the outside world. We all started screaming and panicking. We couldn't lose one of our cube brothers like this. Ludwig was holding onto the support beam for dear life. Some of the guys managed to pull him back in and as Speed walked out, unable to take any souls with him, he exclaimed, this ain't the last time you're gonna see me and I remember all y'all's faces.

彼の手がルートヴィヒに伸びた。その手が触れた瞬間、スピードはルートヴィヒを外の世界へと引っ張り始めた。みんな悲鳴を上げてパニックになった。キューブの兄弟を失うわけにはいかない。ルートヴィヒは命からがら支柱にしがみついた。何人かが何とか彼を引き戻し、スピードは魂を持っていくことができないまま外に出て、こう叫んだ。

Alright, let's get started. Challenge three was steal or no steal. Basically a modified version of deal or no deal. Some cases have the word safe in them, others say eliminated. One person looks inside a selected case and the other decides whether they want to steal it or no steal it.

よし、始めよう。チャレンジ3は盗むか盗まないか。基本的にはディール・オア・ノー・ディールの修正版だ。あるケースには「安全」と書いてあり、別のケースには「排除」と書いてある。一人が選ばれたケースの中を見て、もう一人がそれを盗むか盗まないかを決める。

And also Howie Mandel was there. Hi Howie, big fan. People started getting eliminated one by one, others securing safety. Eventually, Ludwig was up at the podium asking if anyone wanted to volunteer to go up. At this point, the ratio of safe cases was very high. 60% in favor of safe.

そして、ハウイ・マンデルもそこにいた。やあ、ハウイー、大ファンだよ。一人ずつ脱落していく人、安全を確保する人。やがてルドウィグが壇上に上がり、誰か志願する人はいないかと尋ねた。この時点でセーフティケースの比率が非常に高かった。60％がセーフを支持。

Figuring the odds would just get messier from there, I volunteered. Ludwig looked inside his chosen case, looked up, and told me it was safe. I knew mathematically I should steal the case, but I've been burned by math before. As I started hesitantly saying I was gonna steal, Mr. Beast suddenly burst out saying Ludwig's heart rate was spiking. By the way, he was wearing a heart rate monitor. Which made me scared it was actually an elimination case and he was excited at the idea of avoiding going home. So last minute, I decided to let him keep the case. It was the safest play.

そこからさらに面倒なことになるだろうと思って、私は志願した。ルートヴィヒは選んだケースの中を見て、顔を上げ、安全だと言った。私は数学的にはケースを盗むべきだと思ったが、以前数学で痛い目にあったことがある。私がためらいながら盗むと言い始めると、ミスター・ビーストが突然、ルートヴィヒの心拍数が急上昇していると言い出した。ちなみに彼は心拍計をつけていた。それで、実は消去法だったんじゃないかと怖くなった。だから直前になって、私は彼にケースを持たせることにした。それが最も安全なプレーだったからだ。

If it said eliminated, then good. I dodged a bullet. If it was safe, then at least I'm not actually eliminated yet. I just have to play again. Shit. It was now my turn to bring someone up.

排除されたのなら、良かった。私は弾丸をかわした。もしセーフだったら、少なくとも私はまだ脱落していない。もう一度プレーしなければならない。くそっ。今度は私が誰かを上げる番だった。

Even though I didn't want to pick a friend out of fear of getting them eliminated. More than that,

落選を恐れて友人を選びたくなかったのに。それ以上に、

I didn't want to be up there with someone I didn't know. I picked Quackity. He came up to the podium,

知らない人と一緒に上がるのは嫌だった。私はクアッキティを選んだ。彼は表彰台に上がった、

I grabbed case number two. It says safe. My plan was to tell the truth, but in the most unconfident and nervous way possible. I was deploying every bit of body language knowledge

番目のケースを手に取った。安全だと書いてある。私の計画は、できるだけ自信なさげに、緊張した面持ちで、本当のことを言うことだった。私はあらゆるボディランゲージの知識を駆使した。

I could think of, making myself look as guilty as possible as he asked me various questions.

彼がいろいろと質問してくるので、私はできるだけ罪の意識を感じさせないようにした。

We went back and forth for a bit until your eyes looked down as you said the case was safe, which indicates guilt. So I think you're lying. I'm not gonna steal it. Without a word, I shifted the case onto its back, unlatched it. Safe. It was worth sleeping in the cube. Oh my god, the relief.

このケースは安全だと言ったとき、あなたの目が下を向いた。だから嘘だと思う。盗むつもりはない何も言わずに、私はケースを背もたれに移し、ラッチを外した。安全だ。キューブで寝た甲斐があった。ああ、安心した。

You have no idea. After everything finished, a bunch of people walked out and unfortunately,

あなたにはわからないでしょう。すべてが終わった後、大勢の人が外に出て行った、

Quackity ended up being one of them. Ten people left. I know it's a dog-eat-dog world inside the cube, but when you're left to sit with your fellow contestants for hours on end between challenges, waiting for Jimmy Beast to send you all through another round of cube stress, you really start bonding with the survivors. It was pretty sad watching them go. Hours passed until the Jimmy death bell struck again, and we were told to partner up once more. Alex and I had really gotten to chat and hang out together as the only girls left at this point, so we paired up. Everyone was blindfolded and told to sit tight until they were ready, which is ominous. The two of us were strategizing and figuring out each other's strengths and weaknesses for whatever was coming our way, only to be unblindfolded and see the entire cube transformed into a kitchen. It was a cooking battle. We're actually f***ed. What? Alex started panicking, saying she can't cook for her life. We were freaking out. Then Mr. Beast brought out the judges. Professional competitive eater Joey

クアッキティは結局、そのうちの一人となった。残り10人。キューブの中が犬猿の仲であることは知っているが、チャレンジの合間に何時間も仲間と一緒に座って、ジミー・ビーストがまたキューブのストレスのラウンドに参加させるのを待っていると、生き残った人たちとの絆が深まってくる。彼らが去っていくのを見るのはかなり悲しかった。ジミーの死のゴングが再び鳴り、私たちはもう一度パートナーを組むように言われるまで、数時間が過ぎた。アレックスと私は、この時点で残っていた唯一の女子として、一緒におしゃべりしたり遊んだりするようにな

Chestnut, Miranda Cosgrove, hi big fan, and Speed. Bottom two teams are eliminated. Time starts now.

チェスナット、ミランダ・コスグローブ、ハイ・ビッグ・ファン、スピード。下位2チームは敗退。時間は今から始まる。

We ended up committing to mac and cheese with a slice of chocolate cake under the fancier title of American Comfort Food, aka the only two women left in the challenge can't cook and they're trying their f***ing best. The judges walked around to check in on everyone, and eventually Speed was at our station. So when you all were voting to let me in, which side were you on? Well, originally we were on the side of no because we were a bit intimidated, but we ended up switching to a yes at the last minute. Right, Jaden? Yeah, I switched. Alright, cool. Because you know I don't forget, right?

私たちは結局、マカロニチーズとチョコレートケーキのスライスをアメリカン・コンフォート・フードと名付けた。審査員たちは皆をチェックするために歩き回り、最終的にスピードは私たちの席に着いた。それで、皆さんが私を入れるかどうか投票したとき、どちらの側にいましたか？まあ、最初はちょっと怖かったからノー側だったんだけど、結局最後の最後でイエスに切り替えたんだ。そうだろ、ジェイデン？ああ、切り替えたよ。わかったよ。僕は忘れないよ。

Yep. Later on during the challenge, Mac and Nolan from the Beast team came up to ask what we were making. At the time I was grading up Feastables to sprinkle onto our cake for decoration, and I thought, oh it would be funny to have them ask what we're making and it's just their own brand of chocolate. So I was like, close your eyes and open your mouth, and gave Mac a piece of chocolate, and immediately without chewing he was like, is this Feastables? And I was like, yeah. And he kind of stood there for a second with his mouth still open, and Nolan was like, oh he's allergic. And they both had to leave. Oh my god guys, I felt so bad. I apologized so much when he came back. Mac said it was fine and it's a good sport about it, but I still have so much guilt about being such an idiot. Ludwig and Amixem presented first with their fried chicken and asparagus dish. The judges all really enjoyed it, giving them a total of 26 points, which is really unfortunate because I definitely thought Speed was going to hold a bigger grudge against Ludwig and tank their score.

そうだね。チャレンジの後日、ビーストチームのマックとノーランが私たちが何を作っているのか聞きに来た。そのとき、私はケーキに振りかけるデコレーション用のFeastablesを調合していたんだけど、彼らが私たちが何を作っているのか聞いてきて、それが自分たちのブランドのチョコレートだったら面白いなと思ってね。それで、目を閉じて口を開けて、マックにチョコレートのかけらをあげたんだ。私は「そうだよ」と答えた。ノーランは、ああ、彼はアレルギーなんだ、と言ったんだ。そして2人とも帰らなければならなかった。みんな、本当に

We were up next and thankfully they really liked our food too. Joey was the first to score us and ended up giving us a 10 out of 10. And in the moment as a joke I wanted to turn around and flip off Ludwig as a like friendly fake gloat, but I accidentally turned around and flipped off Amixem and I felt so bad again. He was not the intended target and now I was just being rude and this challenge was going horribly. Not because of the cooking part, I've just been non-stop fumbling socially. We also got a total of 26, putting us at a tie with the French boys. But now Logan Paul and Nick DiGiovanni were presenting and I haven't mentioned it yet, but Nick is actually a goddamn chef. They even gave us all his own cookbooks as a helpful tip for the challenge, which is just a knife twist in my opinion. So yeah, they knocked it out of the park, got a 29. The judges were licking their plates. After them was Kai and AJ who had a great presentation, but their food, not so much. They got a 16. After eating, Speed got up and started smashing the plates on the ground and Logan Paul saw this and got really excited because he wanted to smash plates too. Without thinking, he ran out to join Speed and we all shouted at him in panic. Confused at the sudden change in the air, Logan looked back at us before realizing he left the cube. To this day, none of us are truly sure if he did it for like the content or it was a genuine accident. In his defense, the set was so cosmetically different that it really did feel like we weren't in the cube anymore.

次は私たちの番だったが、ありがたいことに、彼らも私たちの料理をとても気に入ってくれた。ジョーイが最初に採点してくれて、10点満点で10点をつけてくれた。その瞬間、冗談のつもりで振り返ってルートヴィヒに、友好的な偽のほくそ笑みのようなものを見せたかったのだが、うっかり振り返ってしまい、アミクセムにひっくり返してしまった。彼は意図したターゲットではなかったのに、私は失礼なことをしてしまった。料理のせいではなく、私はただノンストップで社会的にあせっていただけなのだ。合計26点で、フランス男子と同点になった。でも

Either way, he content cratered too close to the sun and even though he had a guaranteed spot in the finals, he was eliminated. The last team of Rubius and Sprite Dare went up with their Spanish tortilla, but turns out Sprite Dare is a huge fan of Speed, so he made a special Thai dessert just for him that the other judges weren't allowed to eat, which is honestly hilarious. We all held our breath as the judges flipped through their scores. 22. Alex and I made it to the finals. I never in my life thought I was gonna be getting this far and suddenly realized I need to actually think about what I would do if I won. I went into this thing not even knowing if there was a prize at all and was now facing the reality that I could win the whole thing. Hours passed as the five of us sat together in the cube until Mr. Beast emerged for the final time. Someone was about to win 1 million dollars for their subscribers and it all came down to this last challenge. Honestly, among the group, there wasn't a single person I thought didn't deserve to win. Everyone left were good people who all wanted to do something really positive with the money. It was great getting to know them all over the course of two cube days and I was really proud to be standing next to them in the finals. Five briefcases were piled in the center, one for each finalist. We were to each take one, peek inside our chosen case, and within the next 10 minutes discuss who to vote out. If you're voted out and your briefcase is empty, you're eliminated. But if you're voted out and your case has the million dollars inside, you win instantly. It was basically like reverse among us.

いずれにせよ、彼は太陽に近づきすぎたため、決勝進出が確実視されていたにもかかわらず、脱落してしまった。最後のチーム、ルビウスとスプライト・デアはスパニッシュ・トルティーヤで決勝に進出したが、スプライト・デアはスピードの大ファンであることが判明し、スピードのためだけに特別なタイ風デザートを作り、他の審査員は食べることができなかった。審査員が点数をめくっていく中、私たちは皆息をのんだ。22.アレックスと私は決勝に進出した。まさか自分がここまで勝ち進むとは思ってもみなかったし、もし優勝したらどうするか、実際に考

The first round started, we all grabbed a case, peeked inside. Holy shit, I grabbed the million dollar case round one. I started shaking. I didn't know what strategy to use. I didn't know how to make myself look like I should be voted out. And during the discussion time, it definitely showed because I was really quiet and nervous the whole time. The 10 minute discussion wrapped up, we all unanimously wrote our votes down, and it fell into a tie between voting out Ludwig and somehow me.