Facing the man who would one day be subjected to immense criticism, Baiyi maintained a poker face. He looked around the room and said, "I'm afraid I do not like talking to an audience. Please, just one of you will do."
The soldiers' expressions darkened, and the tips of their weapons moved, intent on carving up this idiot, who believed he had a say in his current situation.
Even Dante found Baiyi's request laughable. "It seems someone is unaware of their position."
"On the contrary, it is you that is unaware of your position," Baiyi replied, raising his right hand.
A rune appeared in midair, and the soldiers — who had not seen anything like it before, as runes had not been invented at the time — froze in shock. Before they could recover, their weapons broke in two and fell to the ground.
[1] Eeewwww!! Now that is truly icky! Psychics are ridiculous (unless you’re Reigen Arataka, in which you get a pass for the larger reasons behind your cons and frauds). Some of the tricks kids might use to obfuscate adults to get what they want are actually part of their skill set, like cold-reading and subtly stroking the client’s ego. Many mentalists, illusionists (the more accurate way of calling a magician, really), and skeptics are great at doing what they do, and it’s always a field day to watch psychics being exposed. Say, True Believers, have you heard of Harry Houdini’s favorite job besides his magic performances and one of my personal heroes, James “the Amazing” Randi? Oh, if you wanna have lotsa laugh today and a dose of WDYSM did not cut it for you, you should check out articles on Cracked.com about psychics, because it will link you to the most famous videos of psychic trainwrecks. Cringes and laughter abound!