Testing her own seals in uncontrolled circumstances (read: in the middle of real combat) is something Shikako reserves for really deep trouble, like when another C-rank inexplicably becomes A-rank. In the Land of Hot Springs, Shikako discovers another, deeper level of trouble wherein she's willing to test other people's seals in uncontrolled circumstances (read: while trying to prevent a god of suffering and malice from crawling its way into her universe) and damn the consequences.