Hostiles closing in from nearly every side, his only means of attack from range - tch. Bad odds for a small group like he's used to, but they've got a little numbers than that.

Ryu draws his sword quickly, and slides his buckler into place - okay. Think about this logically, what's the best target. Those muttering fellows in the masks did something that held back the Genics weird local monsters, then those terrorists wrecked that and are generally attacking everything they can -

The monsters are unfocused, they don't have a plan. More dangerous is the enemy that strikes with coordination - Ryu strikes quick to leave the demons closest to him disabled and reeling, rather than to outright kill. There's not time for that, and he'd rather move quickly on to higher priorities--