It would especially be more difficult when they were split up more chaotically as an overall organisation, with there being fewer means of getting to the source.
If Ash wanted to be able to deal with any of such things without putting herself into more danger, then she had to be able to do things more carefully and slowly.
The only way to win in such situations was to do everything far more smartly so that such problems could be reduced and more control could be gained through carrying out things more strategically.
Either she would have to play the long game and to invest a lot into everything, or she would have to rely on the help of something else that could provide her the kind of support that she would need.
If she could not do either of those things, then it would be best for her to remain completely uninvolved in any of it.
The problem was that Ash could not know for certain whether leaving it alone was the best decision that she could make.
