Kaecilius questioned him, but Yinsen could not even be bothered to respond. It was not because he had grown tired of showing off lately, but because he knew perfectly well that Stephen Strange had already started a Time Loop. No matter how much he showed off or humiliated Kaecilius, once Strange was killed by Dormammu, time would return to that earlier point.
Dormammu could sense that he was trapped in a Time Loop, but Kaecilius was clearly not on that level. No matter how Yinsen dealt with him, he would not remember any of it.
Did Yinsen have to show off all over again every time time reset? That would be too stupid. There was no fun in it.
When Kaecilius realized he was being ignored, anger suddenly rose within him.
He had caused so much trouble on Earth. Even if Master Ancient One were standing here, she would not dare ignore him so completely. Who the hell was this guy?
Just as he was about to do something, the entire world suddenly froze. Then, apart from Yinsen and Tony, everything seemed to rewind, returning to a moment earlier—when Wong and Mordo were confronting Kaecilius.
Tony looked around, then glanced at the faint Green Energy wrapped around his body. He understood that Yinsen's magical "protection" had kept him from being drawn into the Time Loop.
Even as he marveled at the wonder of the Time Stone, he felt inexplicably irritated by the situation.
For an instant, he felt like a lab rat being manipulated at someone else's whim. What frustrated him even more was that, so far, he could not think of any way to escape this predicament.
Tony Stark was proud. At that moment, he decided he had to keep getting stronger. He never wanted to experience such an