Out of regard for the Time Stone's importance, the Avengers had prepared their "ultimate weapon against middle-aged and elderly (500+) bald Sorcerers Supreme" in advance: the handsome older gentleman, Dr. Banner.
Dr. Banner: How very kind of you!
The passionate collision between a top scientist and the Sorcerer Supreme naturally needed little attention from anyone else.
Meanwhile, Josen and the other three briefly surveyed their surroundings, then immediately split up according to plan.
Captain America and Iron Man slipped into Stark Tower, which had yet to collapse, ahead of time. Dr. Banner went to ask a certain bald sorcerer for the "Time Stone," while Josen joined the effort to clear out the Chitauri Army.
His mission was slightly different from those of the other three, who had come specifically for the stones. He was here to fight.
According to the principle of multidirectional parallel time, the past timeline and the current timeline were two mutually independent worlds.
In other words, whatever the time travelers did here would not affect the world they came from.
Since that was the case, rather than letting this world become one of the more than fourteen million failed outcomes Doctor Strange had spoken of, why not eliminate the possibility of the universe's future destruction at its source?
Even if this world encountered other unknown threats later, at least the known incident of the Snap would never happen again.
That was one of Josen's goals on this trip: a second solo run against Thanos, specifically the healthy, peak-condition version without the gauntlet.
Crack!!
On the battlefield, 2012 Thor spun Mjolnir and unleashed a swath of lightning. Instantly, over a hundred Chitauri soldiers turned into twitching charcoal and dropped together like dumplings into a pot.
"Hmph. Weaklings."
Thor grinned in satisfaction, looking like the dim-witted son of