Upgrade My Mecha Maiden - Episode 3

Host spends their entire $10,000 Energy Credits to remodel a damaged Mecha Maiden into an SSS-class unit. The immediate problem is money and risk: the System warns of limited funds, but the Host goes all in. The retrofit is violent—parts jam and she cries out during installation—but the upgrade completes and an Apex Skill unexpectedly triggers, healing her and confirming S-rank potential. Grateful, the Mecha Maiden offers a Contract Bond: "From now on, you're my master." As someone climbs into the newly upgraded cockpit, the spent credits and consequences remain unresolved.