After this chapter, I am very close to 100% convinced that Kanone is Lineal, as was suggested last chapter in the comments. On top of the ample existing evidence, Denken in this chapter hints at the possibility of Kanone having more than one mission/authority, and in general, it would be weird for Kanone to get this much focus if she wasn't going to be someone of significance to the arc.
Sucks to see another hiatus, both because of the obvious lack of chapters, but also because it's hard not to worry about the health of the creative team after the repeated hiatuses in the past. I really hope everyone is OK and that they are just taking a break to plan and recharge because the publisher understands that this is a golden goose & doesn't want to burn a newer creative team out.