Dante naturally decided to do neither. He grabbed a whole wad of clothes and covered himself. With them on him like this, he looked to be a lazy fellow who didn't want to carry more than two batches of clothes from the drying line into the house.
He then smashed through the window of the shop and charged towards the enemy who was walking over slowly. Naturally, Dante's actions had been quick enough that he maintained a slight element of surprise, not to mention the randomness of seeing a man layered with unworn clothes charging at you.
Even worse, Dante threw the bundle of clothes at him, blocking his view. Even as he fired, he could tell he missed Dante and tried to take a step back to create distance, but he was forced to dodge when an axe flew through the clothes and tried to latch itself to his forehead.