[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-being-reborn-i-became-a-firefighter-again":3,"chapter-after-being-reborn-i-became-a-firefighter-again-after-being-reborn-i-became-a-firefighter-again-chapter-657":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","After Being Reborn, I became a firefighter again?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},712367,950,"Chapter 656 - 462: Making a Friend_2","after-being-reborn-i-became-a-firefighter-again-chapter-657",657,"\u003Cp>That’s damn well the Eighth Squadron! The squadron with all the guaranteed admission students!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some old soldiers from the Eighth Squadron, who had originally planned to slack off, got their hairs standing on end when they saw someone catching up from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they got lapped within just three laps, how could they stand it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones lagging at the back didn’t dare slack anymore, they didn’t even dare to hold back any strength, burying their heads and desperately charging forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Squad Nine, it was even more nerve-wracking; their hard-to-reach Bro Tao, after just three laps, now couldn’t catch up with Fang Huai, who had left them a good hundred meters behind. They had tried to follow him at first, but later they didn’t dare to keep up. Running like this, not to mention five kilometers, they’d be finished in just two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jin Guotao couldn’t not chase; if he, as the district team captain, got lapped by a whole lap, he’d have no place left in the hierarchy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roll-up started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone around was stunned, and even a regular student preparing to use the track for three kilometers off-peak was a bit scared now, beginning to ask how many kilometers they were running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing it was five kilometers, they all felt doomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three kilometers was still okay since they were starting first, at least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was five kilometers, five whole laps more than theirs, and with only a short time into the run at this speed, they hadn’t even finished three kilometers by the time the others would have finished five. Wouldn’t their district team captains drown them in spit when they got back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their district team captains weren’t students; they were the school cadres who never held back when scolding or doling out additional training!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain, let’s start!\" The regular students were starting to panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The district team captain was actually stunned as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh... Get ready, start!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A herd of young calves quickly got out of the gates, trying to catch up with the fierce tiger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the district teams on the field watched this scene and started to crumble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, already four laps and no slowing down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A solid four minutes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are they running for five kilometers? Nobody runs three kilometers like this either!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three kilometers is seven and a half laps in total, and the world record holder Dan Koman did it in 7 minutes and 20 seconds, which averages to one minute per lap! Isn’t this almost catching up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even some from the Guizhou Brigade, who had just met Fang Huai yesterday, began to doubt, their eyes hazy as they stared at the figure and discussed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s Fang Huai, right? The guy we took a photo with yesterday?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... it really seems to be him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I overheard someone yesterday saying he was a champion, and I thought he was our firefighting competition champion. Damn, did I mishear? Is he an Olympics champion?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys still don’t know? He’s this year’s Grand Martial Arts Competition champion, Number 1! Our Detachment’s Special Duty squad leader, Leader Tao, participated in the competition with him. Leader Tao called me to make sure I got on good terms with him, saying that it wouldn’t be half a month before our whole corps becomes famous because of him. I laughed at it... With three thousand and four hundred people in the school, it wouldn’t be that... damn, is he speeding up again??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the people on the field were in shock, except for Chief Qiao in the southeast corner, who was leading a group in warm-ups, gazed at that figure and felt a surge of male pride and competitive spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xiaole was the squad leader and captain of a backbone squadron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, his gaze returned from that figure to his team members, who were warming up and staring at the track in amazement. Seeing his own territory being captivated by that person, adrenaline surged within him, and he roared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you looking at? Legs grow on everyone the same, are his legs a few centimeters longer than yours? We’re still juniors! Let’s run three kilometers to warm up! Think being a guaranteed admit is great? We non-commissioned officers are old soldiers too! Let’s go, I’ll take the lead and overtake him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soldiers who aren’t moved by training aren’t good soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As their own captain was filled with such ambition, none of them chickened out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go! Get them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Overtake them and get a guaranteed admission!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Firefighters who can’t be run to death! Charge!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t wait for the order, just get on the track and start! The last one to finish gets additional training on the weekend!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a loud bellow, Qiao Xiaole charged onto the track, valiantly chasing after Fang Huai, who had just passed his fifth lap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a district team captain, he wasn’t weak either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fueled by the power of a recent heartbreak, he astonishingly caught up to and closely followed Fang Huai, who was getting somewhat exhausted. Eventually, he even managed to run alongside him and exchange a challenging glance with Fang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Huai then realized Qiao Xiaole had joined in and laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad... keeping up well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he took a deep breath, accelerated again, and triggered another round of intense competition along the entire track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some district teams, also motivated by the atmosphere, started to line up beside the track, waiting to get on, in a mood raring to go. The enthusiasm in the playground had, at the very least, tripled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Catfish, huh? Our school’s training is just lacking this kind of catfish.\" Principal Chen, not far away, expressed his admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister Lv, with his shoulders adorned with four stars, was even seen limbering up his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This young man makes even me want to go out there and run a bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Principal Chen wasn’t interested, though; he just patted Old Lü’s still sturdy back, saying, \"Take good care of your people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words applied to both Fang Huai and the instructor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Huai slowed down a bit in the second half of the run but still kept ahead of Qiao Xiaole, drafting him, and occasionally looked back at Qiao Xiaole with a surprised expression, as if to say, \"I’m going so hard, how can you still keep up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The signal was clear, and Qiao Xiaole got it. He then started to breathe deeply and keep pace, but found that no matter how hard he tried, that annoying guy was always ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he was led on by wave after wave of hope until he saw stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, two figures crossed the finish line together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one had timed Fang Huai, as the district team captain Jin Guotao was still behind with a stopwatch, who usually was the first to arrive and then, panting heavily, would time each runner that followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, there was a miscalculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the finish line, Fang Huai caught his breath for a few moments, allowing his powerful breathing system to settle down, then turned and saw Qiao Xiaole, who, though dizzy, hadn’t collapsed and was bracing his hands on his knees. He then pretended to be gasping for air and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huff... Not bad, eh? You kept up with me for three kilometers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe.. Ahem, cough cough...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xiaole wanted to retort, but his own weak windpipe blocked his words, so he could only force a laugh, his breathing going haywire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Huai, genuinely worried he might faint, waited until he had caught his breath and then turned to him, smiling and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really like Zhang Dan, don’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xiaole suddenly looked up, his gaze sharpening, but when he saw Fang Huai smiling, he asked, \"What do you mean by that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Huai glanced at his watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m quite fond of her too, so let’s compete fairly, shall we?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xiaole’s posture straightened instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do we compete?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Huai said directly, \"On the eleventh, for seven days, every rest day, you and I race five kilometers. I’ll give you a one-lap head start, you’ll run only 11 and a half laps. If you beat me once, I’ll back off, but if you can’t beat me even once, you withdraw. How’s that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t need your head start!\" blurted out Qiao Xiaole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Huai twisted his neck and smiled, \"Wake up. Give yourself some hope. Even Tian Guosheng of your whole corps—I could give him a 200-meter head start. What I want is genuine consent, not to watch you overdoing it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xiaole clenched his teeth and, recalling Fang Huai’s jaguar-like speed, had to admit in his heart that it was a mountain he couldn’t climb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine! I’ll take that bet!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Fang Huai smile, raising his head, \"What’s your phone number?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xiaole was a bit wary, \"What do you want my number for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Huai really wanted to say Luo Yonghao’s classic catchphrase: \"To make friends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To set a time! Otherwise, do you want to wait for me daily at the bottom of our building?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Fang Huai’s mocking face, Qiao Xiaole suddenly felt less serious about the whole affair, but still dutifully recited his phone number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Huai noted it down and left nonchalantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only after walking a fair distance that he scratched his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, this is tough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chatting up a guy is harder than chasing a girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn’t gamble on that explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the warehouse caught fire, three big teams rushed to the scene, and just 20 minutes after their arrival, a massive explosion with a three-kilometer radius shocked the area, with tremors felt even ten kilometers away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the face of such a disaster, not even the gods could save them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he gave a warning, he couldn’t ensure that the rescue forces wouldn’t enter the scene. As a firefighter, he understood deeply that it was their mission; even if they knew the outcome would be an explosion, they would heed the alarm bell without hesitation and rush into the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shouting \"Retreat\" would be considered abandoning the people, and no one could bear such a responsibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the firefighters, there might be orders to move back a few meters from their positions but never to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the lives of those who would rush in without a second thought, making a friend was the only option left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he thought this, a voice suddenly called from a distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Fang? Come here for a sec.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1750,"2026-06-02T10:17:17.536Z",1,"novelbin.me","c6bbe136a399f647546f4b7c94118f2f38637a339363819fee2449ec58d63c24","after-being-reborn-i-became-a-firefighter-again-chapter-556","after-being-reborn-i-became-a-firefighter-again-chapter-555",807,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-being-reborn-i-became-a-firefighter-again-cover.jpg"]