[ Whether her conclusion of the murderer and the arsonist are the same is correct is something she has not been able to prove without a doubt, but it's something she feels certain about because the other possibility is too daunting. That would be too many different parties involved, and it would take a completely different strategy to tackle. ]

If they were working together before, there is no way they can be now.

[ All those warehouses gone in a night is as much a declaration of war as it is parting. ]

I don't know if they were once allies or not. I only know that Xian Le members have been attacked, and some of those members were at least tangentially related to the kidnapping ring. Some of them may not be.

[ She doesn't have confirmation of that. ]