You consider at first to simply jump in the river fully clothed, but not wanting to risk being weighted down, you strip down to your undergarments. Looking at the width of the river, you deduct that it should take somewhere around five minutes to swim across. Just as you're about to jump in, you stop to address your discarded clothing. There is a chance that Ryuko could stumble upon them, allowing her to get a better read on your current location. Bundling them up in a ball with your shoes, you head to the nearest backyard of a house, and toss them into the underbrush. Wasting no further time bruising your feet, you head back to the river and take a silent dive. The first three minutes of swimming go without a incident. Yet just as you gain distance, a current begins to sweep you away from the gate. You quicken your pace before you can be fully swept away, and manage to defeat the current, but not without adding more distance from the gate. Just as you're about to reach land, you catch movement on the side of the shore. A flash of black and red seems to be patrolling the area, and getting dangerously close.
How do you proceed?
