After Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima were summoned to the temple by the Great Toad Sage and given their instructions, they took the young toads to another pocket dimension to seek refuge.
The world of the Hokage was filled with all kinds of pocket dimensions. Hidden within the cracks of space-time, they were like independent worlds—some as vast as continents, others as small as sealed chambers.
However, finding and entering such pocket dimensions required at least Six Paths-level strength.
And on the planet where the Shinobi World was located, there were at least pocket dimensions connected to the Three Great Sage Regions.
The environments of other pocket dimensions were certainly not as favorable as Mount Myoboku's, and most were not even suitable for living creatures.
But now, in order to preserve the embers of their race, they had no choice but to move some of the surviving toads there first, no matter how poor the conditions were.
Though Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima were deeply unwilling, as the two elders of Mount Myoboku second only to the Great Toad Sage, they could only carry out the order for Mount Myoboku's future.
Thus, they led some of the young toads living around the temple through a temporary passage opened by the Great Toad Sage and headed into an unfamiliar pocket dimension.
After settling the children down, Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima sensed Jiraiya attempting to summon them in order to enter Sage Mode.
They could feel the anxiety and resolve in Jiraiya's heart.
The two toads exchanged a glance and saw the same decision in each other's eyes.
In the end, they chose to return to Mount Myoboku.
When Jiraiya stepped out of the cave blasted open by his own body, Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima saw the devastation of Mount