[There's a small grunt in response, unsatisfied with that answer, and he rests his chin on his fist.]

That's the thing, though-- I don't know if you CAN give up. I think you have to keep beating these guys until you hit the final boss or some secret cheat code or something. And I don't exactly want anything weird to happen to you because you somehow wound up here.

[What a predicament, indeed. Yusuke ponders on this a moment or two longer, before an idea hits.]

... you think they'd let us do a tag team or something? You wouldn't mind sending your digi-roll against somebody else, right?