Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20191208140701/@comment-27125793-20191213002406

RuneLai wrote: I suspect that there's a lot we still don't know about the Yeagerists's relationship to the volunteers. The fact that Floch essentially arrests Yelena at the end of 124 tells me that he might not actually be on Zeke's side. If he's not, just like Eren is not, then maybe we can end things by feeding Zeke to Connie's mom, which I think would be appropriate. It wouldn't be climatic for those readers who regard Zeke as the series antagonist, still certainly appropriate.

Reiner might be okay with dying to save Connie's mom too, but considering how many times he hasn't died already (even when he's willfully trying to kill himself) I doubt he's going to die for anything less than a grand plot event. And even then, it might be his curse to just keep living even though he doesn't want to. I think that the relationship between the Volunteers and Yeagerists is pretty obvious. The latter were solely loyal to Eren, while treating the Volunteers and Zeke as business partners with a common goal. However, Yelena was the only one among them with knowledge of Zeke's true intentions, until she told Eren, who probably informed Floch (or Zeke told him  in Maley, and Eren then told he Yeagerists back on Paradis). After all, Floch and the Yeagerists want to see the 'birth of the new Eldian Empire', which would be impossible if all Eldians were sterilized. Their goals, therefore, are in clear conflict with Zeke's and Yelena's.

They most likely pretended to be working with the two of them, probably under orders by Eren to detain the Volunteers after he acquired the Founder's power. Thus, I don't think it can be said that Floch double-crossed them since he never was a true ally to begin with, nor did he shift from his original goal.