Takeshi's gaze lowered to the floor as he heard that Hizumi's partner was probably already dead. Biting his lip, he listened to the rest of what Hizumi was saying, trying to run through the situations within his head.

"Though I agree with your sentiments about dropping the topic, jumping into this headfirst with no Initiator with a sniper and someone you might consider 'light infantry' is a bit... Suicidal, no? This thing isn't like an AI with predictable movements; if it sees that you're doing the most damage to it, it's going to go after you. Same thing with me. Without any aggressive threats constantly provoking the thing, our situation will be much more precarious. Wouldn't it be safer to secure the building for now and wait for some more reinforcements to arrive before we take on the thing?" he reasoned, looking at the broken floors of the buildings. "At the same time though, there's always a possibility of things getting worse... Agh, this won't do! Let's go up there and see if we can take it down; if we don't whoever's after us can do it instead!" h stated as he started moving up the stairs to next next floor.