U might be on to something. I remember when that chapter first released of that mysterious higher-up, everyone thought that it was Jiwoo’s bio dad, since they looked similar. Even the author said Jiwoo’s dad is not relevant to the story (might change in the future). I like to add that Greg and Mioru probably intended to use Kayden to create the perfect Eclipse since Kayden is one of the most powerful awaken. They probably leaked the meeting of three of the top 10 meeting, knowing that Kayden might show up. The plan was to get Kayden than for their experiments, but unlucky for them Kayden escaped and become a cat. Maybe in the future they’ll try to capture Jiwoo, since he’s also strong and the disciple of Kayden. They probably already know that Kayden would do anything for Jiwoo, even risk his own life for him.
Idk if anyone had said it before, but in my theory, Greg (top 10) & Jurion patrick have something to do with the lab (jiwoo's mom's previous workplace). When jiwoo mom finally becomes a higher up, someone showed her the true nature of the lab and that person's silhouette was eerily similar with Greg. Also when 3 top ten attacks Kayden, Greg and Mioru keep talking about "research".
When the lab was destroyed one henceman called a higher up in a workroom, reporting the situation. This higher up has similar eye color & shape with Jurion. The person who gave Duke eclipse also have similar eye color. His workroom (shown after duke's defeat) also looks very similar with this higher up's workroom, not to mention how the hell Jurion knows Duke used eclipse when he was killed right after and the battle had no audience except Frame? He also said "the last time I see duke" like whennn? When he said that Why the flashback shows us masked man's pov when he gave duke eclipse???
So, in my theory, Greg, Mioru, and Jurion (maybe all Patrick family) are working together. Created a lab to artificially make an awaken and illegal meds such as eclipse. The reason? Prolly top 10's stagnant power.
I could be wrong tho, but after marathon rereading I finally noticed all of this(￣∇￣")