Hirosaki City.
After destroying Aomori City, the monster had come here.
The Japanese Jaeger Combat Department had given it the codename "Demon Witch."
Its size and weight had temporarily been classified as a "Category 2" monster.
Because it was only around sixty meters tall.
Compared to Bladehead, Mad Ape, and Stegosaurus, it was much smaller.
As for whether it possessed any other special abilities, that would depend on later developments.
For example, if it had an electromagnetic interference weapon like Mad Ape's, Demon Witch's category would be raised.
Previously, categories had indeed been determined by a monster's size and weight.
But now, due to monsters' special abilities and differing types, classifying them by size and weight was no longer comparable.
So they were now assessed comprehensively.
The Yamazaki Squad of fighter jets dispatched by the military had already taken position. Eleven fighters were circling Demon Witch.
Because of the precedent set by Mad Ape's electromagnetic interference weapon, the Yamazaki Squad did not dare get too close to attack.
The ground combat units had not yet arrived, but Hirosaki City's local garrison was still there.
The only question was whether they still dared to face the monster.
No one could remain calm when confronting a sixty- or seventy-meter giant beast.
It was a form of suppression, an innate size-based suppression between species.
It could also be understood as the natural suppression between predators and prey.
Like a mouse facing a cat.
But humanity was not made up of mice. Size was innate and beyond our control, but we could create things to deal with cats—weapons.
"Pull yourselves together! We cannot retreat! For the parents, brothers, and sisters behind us!"
At the Hirosaki City defense line, military district commander Sansuke tried to rally the troops.
However, it had little effect on