Receiving that message was like a blessing from heavens, Ryu felt like a huge weight was lifted from his heart and was finally able to think straight.
There were several issues that needed to be adressed and the sooner he did it, the sooner he would be able to reunite with his friends.
He would have gone back home right away, but he didn't want to deal with the monkey circus, so he decided to go back home only after the girl's fight had subsided. It could take an hour or a whole week, but he couldn't go back without a solution.
The first thing he needed to sort out was his objectives.
It's been long since he actually thought about what was his goal in life. Of course he wanted to get back his memories, but after experiencing so many bad things, he was also a bit scared of finding out he was a terrible person or something like that.