What did "command" mean?
According to the masked referee, it meant helping the weaker side formulate strategies in advance, allowing the weak to defeat the strong.
To put it plainly, it was the role of a match coach.
But unlike an ordinary coach, before the weaker side took the field, the coach could make one more choice: relinquish or manipulate.
Choosing "relinquish" meant that once the match began, the coach would not interfere with the battle in any way, leaving everything to their own team member.
Choosing "manipulate" meant that the coach would become a puppeteer, turning their team member into a puppet in their hands. It might appear that the team member was fighting, but the one truly controlling things from behind was the coach.
These two approaches each had their own strengths and weaknesses.
In the masked referee's words: "They are naturally more familiar with their own bodies, and can more easily grasp the rhythm of battle. Their upper limit in combat will be higher."
"If you control them, their lower limit will be higher."
At that time, the masked referee added, "Of course, that is not absolute. If you are unfamiliar with the person you are controlling, their lower limit will likely not even reach the level of combat they could achieve by instinct."
It was also worth mentioning that not every contestant could be manipulated. Some contestants had weak spiritual empathy, and forcing manipulation upon them would result in an extremely low synchronization rate.
In that case, it was best not to choose manipulation.
In short, those were more or less the rules of battle. They were not difficult to understand. The only thing that puzzled Angel was that, so far, this did not seem to test one's depth of knowledge all that much.
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