Claiming that his methods require the least sacrifices possible, they still liberally involve murder and generally violence, as well as manipulation of the people around him. On the other hand, he looks down on Steven Steel's less ambitious goals, calling his will superficial. Valentine respects ambition and ruthlessness and ultimately entrusts the Corpse to an alternate Diego Brando. Convinced that not everyone's wishes can be fulfilled and one must always sacrifice something for the sake of another, Valentine chooses to put the United States' prerogatives above the interests of the rest of the world. He thinks that power is founded on authority, and part of the reason he wants the Corpse is to obtain a spiritual authority on par with the Vatican. Valentine is a ruthless individual, having a might-makes-right attitude toward the world, constantly using the metaphor of "taking the napkin first" to signify his gain in power.
Valentine looks down on "romantics" like Steel Notably, when he was infatuated with Lucy Steel disguised as his wife, Valentine attempted to sexually assault her and declared that she would bear his child, saying that he wanted a dynasty to ensure the United States would remain at the top (and by that disregarded the country's democratic roots). Despite his declared goal of working for the interests of the country, he regularly declares that his goals are fulfilled and after witnessing Love Train's ability, shouted that everything, including power and glory, was now his. His patriotism also comes with some hypocritical egotism. He also cruelly trapped a train engineer halfway through a mirror just to assure himself on one advantage. Valentine is ecstatic when the ultimate power is in his graspĭespite this, Valentine is also callous about the lives of individual Americans, never hesitating to sacrifice his own subordinates in his quest for the Corpse and going as far as to kill them himself if he deems it necessary.
4.2.4 The Blessing of the Saint's Corpse.
4.2.2 Gathering the Saint's Corpse Parts.
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