Maybe, honestly the Seraphim hierarchy is confusing as hell lol
Yea that override rule makes it tricky
I think it was factored in here to set up a surprising reveal
Like rn a vegapunk level authority ordered them to attack
Which would make it 100% one of them on paper
Then bam it's blackbeard's crew to tie in with when the seraphim were first introduced on Amazon Lily
As well as the incident of Koby getting kidnapped which involves garp
As well as the fight between Law and Blackbeard himself
Taking a step back there is a lot of blackbeard stuff surrounding this arc, so I think the next step is them getting involved with it completely.