Ryouma has his own ways of getting over there — the knowledge of which is slowly returning to him — but it's the sort of thing where he figures going alone is at best kinda boring. At worst? Probably a little dangerous, but that's never stopped him.

As a nondescript guy hanging out on the docks watching the sailors while eating an apple, he's easy to overlook. He has a lot of questions, mostly because he's nosy and the absolute refusal of the sailors to simply cross the channel is noteworthy; Ryouma hadn't started asking around yet, he'd been here for the ships. So thanks for doing all that work for him. Curious, he decides to follow, which is when he arrives to see Jin Guangyao with a foot on his sword.

"Something wrong with it?"

People don't fly on swords where he's from.