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I am struggling with the meaning of に続いて in the following sentence:

> 貞操に続いて今度は命を守り抜くために、この街を走り続ける羽目になった。

I know that the sentence carries a rather ironic meaning and that 貞操 is not
used in a strictly literal sense. Earlier in the novel the protagonist's
friends have been drugged by a love potion and chased him around, so I
consider the に続いて今度は construction as referring to what happened earlier.  
However mentioned "chase" didn't happen in that specific town (この街).  
While the example may be very specific I want to ask how the に続いて construction
works in general between a preceding noun and a verb phrase.

According to my interpretation 貞操 is further "described" by 守り抜く, therefore
the verb acts on 貞操 and 命.

I think that it means something around "protecting his chastity last time and
this time his life and in both cases kept on running".

However この街を走り続ける is not part of the action that happens again...

TLDR: What is the scope of に続いて between a preceding noun, a following verb
phrase (with ために) and a concluding verb phrase (with respects to ために) in the
following sentence.
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grammar meaning particle-に reading-comprehension
Noun + に続いて + Verb phrase
Aに続いてB is used to describe a sequence of events, with the implication being
that the time between the two is relatively short. A is implied to take the
same verb as B.

From [デジタル大辞泉](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/147639/meaning/m0u/):

> つづ・く【続く】  
>  ３
> ある事柄のあとに、間をおかず他の事柄が連なる。物と物とが切れ目なくつながる。「授賞式に―・いて祝賀パーティーを行う」「応接間と勉強部屋とが―・いている」「次ページに―・く」

In this case nothing is being said about the relationship between 貞操(を守り抜く)
and 命を守り抜く aside from the fact that one happened relatively shortly after the
other.

So この街を走り続ける is only necessarily referring to the latter of the two
(命を守り抜くために).
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