"Come on! Move, you can be faster!"
Su Li tightly gripped the control stick, watching the rapidly spinning scenery on the screen, his peripheral vision scanning the series of values on the screen.
"Warning, the Mecha's waist sensor component is damaged. Please stop the current operation. Otherwise, in three seconds, the Mecha's waist power unit will suffer a certain degree of damage."
The system's broadcast sounded, causing Su Li's movements to pause, but he quickly adjusted. His left hand began inputting commands again, while his right hand moved the handle, adjusting the Mecha's center of gravity through fine-tuning.
The red Mecha in the arena suddenly straightened, leaping high while spinning, its heavy sword swinging over its head, delivering a fierce downward slash towards the ground.
A huge rumbling sound echoed through the arena.
The entire ground trembled from this powerful blow.
Inside the cockpit, Su Li took off his helmet.
In his line of sight, Lightning maintained a motorcycle-riding posture, her semi-prone delicate body trembling slightly. Her entire earlobe turned red from excitement. Su Li looked at her in confusion, reaching out to touch her earlobe.
The latter shivered subconsciously, letting out a soft groan.
That sudden cry made Su Li's old face blush. Originally intending to check on her condition, he fumbled to turn off the safety pressure device above and manually opened the cockpit hatch.
Accompanied by the sound of the pressure column releasing air pressure, the cockpit hatch slowly opened.
He actually wanted Lightning to just disengage him directly. But seeing her slightly trembling delicate body, he considerately opened the hatch himself and jumped out.
The roar of the Mecha dissipated in the arena, replaced by the sound of a red-haired mature woman breathing heavily.
She slumped to the ground, her hazy eyes filled with mist.
The playful green grass on the ground threaded through her fingers. Large teardrops rolled down, hitting the blades of grass and shattering. Sounds of sobbing, whether from happiness or sadness, began to rise, growing louder.
Su Li stood before her, momentarily unsure how to comfort her. He could only reach out and gently pat her shoulder.
Lightning raised her face and directly hugged Su Li's waist.
The immense force made Su Li instantly start doubting his life!
He felt as though his waist was clamped by hydraulic pliers. Let alone breaking free, the force was enough to instantly twist his waist off. And the strength was still increasing.
Frightened, he quickly patted Lightning's arm. Only then did the latter realize what she had done and smiled somewhat sheepishly.
Her tear-streaked appearance tugged at Su Li's heart. He pulled out a finger-thick test tube from his pocket and shook it in front of her face.
"Do you want to drink this?"
Lightning raised her face. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, streaks of tears shimmered with brilliant light. She trembling extended her hand, wanting to take the lubricant before her. But as she neared it, she stopped her hand.
A pilot like him deserves a better Mecha.
Su Li looked at the lightning r5 before him, frowning slightly. She clearly looked like a mature woman, so why was her personality so stubborn? In his previous life, he was so focused on researching Mecha that he didn't have time to study women.
So, are Machine Girls considered Mecha, or women?
He ripped off the seal of the test tube, reached out to pinch Lightning's small face, and poured the lubricant in.
Her bright red lips held the test tube, and her slightly raised face was covered in tear streaks.
Lightning's face was still flushed. Those mere two mouthfuls of lubricant made her fully realize Su Li's financial strength.
The stuff didn't even have time to be savored before it slid down her throat into her rotating mechanism.
"I don't care, you drank it, so you're mine now. Tell me! After the final match, how much are you planning to bid? I'll be honest with you, I'm just a poor student, I don't have much money."
After Su Li finished speaking, his heart felt a little weak, and he unnaturally turned his head to the side, not daring to look at Lightning.
A few drops of lubricant rolled from her lips, dripping onto her delicate chest and slowly spreading. Lightning trembled as she stroked her chest, and after a moment, she slowly spoke.
"No need, this tube of lubricant is my final offer."
Su Li turned his head in surprise, finding that the latter had already cupped her mechanical core in her hands.
"You, you really want to contract me? No money?"
Lightning gently nodded and raised the mechanical core in her hands to Su Li.
He suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, bit his finger, and dripped blood onto the mechanical core.
He saw the mechanical core absorb the blood, and its original light blue color gradually turned bright red.
"That's great! Lightning, thank you for your acceptance. Don't worry, I will definitely never leave you!"
He scratched his head, turned around, and took out two more identical test tubes from the small pouch on his waist, handing them to Lightning. He really was a bit stingy. If he had known he could contract her with lubricant, he should have gotten two large barrels from the academy.
Lightning: ......???
Since when did Lubricant No. 82 need to be put into test tubes? Is this Master putting on a show for her?
Seeing Su Li happily gesticulating, she reached out to support her aching waist, took the test tubes from his hand, pulled off the seals, and directly put both into her mouth.
As the dosage increased, she finally tasted Lubricant No. 82.
She widened her starry eyes, looking at Su Li before her. The pressure that had accumulated from long-term contempt and ridicule from others vanished in an instant.
It doesn't matter anymore. Even if he meets a better Machine Girl in the future, as long as he doesn't abandon her, she will follow him for her entire life.
It's just, how does this seemingly young Master possess such outstanding piloting skills? Did he start practicing from the womb?
An unusual sensation from her waist caused her face to flush again.
With such amazing skill, can she really be his Machine Girl? After just a few minutes, her waist couldn't take it anymore. If the battle time were a little longer in the future...
Let's get ready! Can't wait another second!
She used one hand to support herself on the ground and the other to hold her waist, struggling to stand up from the ground.
"Master, do the preparations and maintenance you mentioned still count?"
Just as Su Li was about to pat his chest and guarantee, he felt a sharp pain in his waist and subconsciously bent down.
In two lifetimes, it was his first time being hugged by a Mecha.
This old waist will probably need some recovery time.
"Don't... don't worry! Go back, go back and wait for me to rest my waist."
Lightning's face flushed. Ignoring the pain in her body, she raised her hand to help Su Li, who was holding his waist, stand up.
Under the setting sun, a man and a woman supported each other, holding their waists, walking step by step towards the outside of the arena.