The news of the King of Gold's death had long spread within the guild. Supposedly, the other administrators should have known about it already, which made the headquarters' response very clear.
The other administrators didn't want to see him.
Yet, the station master "inadvertently" disclosed a bug-exploitation trick to Ethan.
Although the administrators' territories would be removed from the list and not available to other investigators, if one really wanted to investigate, they might still find some clues.
If a certain plane suddenly disappears from the list, it is most likely to have become the territory of an administrator.
According to the guild's rules, if an investigator "accidentally" enters an administrator's territory while exploring a plane, the guild would not pursue the matter.
Thus, a "friend" of the station master mentioned to Ethan a plane that had recently vanished from the headquarters' list and how to reach it.
