With everything ready and the Rinnegan already in hand, Sarutobi Toru casually summoned a White Zetsu, implanted the Rinnegan into him, and began performing the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
A moment later, Uchiha Hitomi's wife and child awakened.
Sarutobi Toru breathed a slight sigh of relief. Uchiha Hitomi's wife was one thing, but his child had only been a newborn infant. Sarutobi Toru had not been very confident that he could summon the child through Impure World Reincarnation.
After all, an infant had not even developed a sense of self, so its soul had to be extremely fragile. Whether the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss would even accept such a soul was difficult to say.
But it seemed the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss created by the Sage of Six Paths was quite reliable.
Seeing that Uchiha Hitomi's wife and child had both been summoned through Impure World Reincarnation, Sarutobi Toru took a deep breath. He knew that the most crucial moment had arrived.
Whether Uchiha Hitomi's Edo Tensei body could recover its memories and revert to Nawaki depended entirely on this attempt.
Strange gray dust slowly wrapped around the White Zetsu Sarutobi Toru had summoned, gradually revealing Uchiha Hitomi's form.
Before long, Uchiha Hitomi had fully recovered and opened his bewildered eyes.
Unfortunately, his eyes were clearly black and white rather than Rinnegan. Sarutobi Toru had no idea whether Nagato had possessed the Rinnegan for so long in the Original Work that they had fused with his soul.
"So they're not Rinnegan," Sarutobi Toru said with some disappointment, then addressed the reincarnated Uchiha Hitomi. "Do you remember who I am?"
"Are you trying to humiliate me again?" Uchiha Hitomi glared at Sarutobi Toru and snapped angrily.
Sarutobi Toru frowned, then asked again, "Then do you remember who you are?"