A few hours earlier...
After Aqua Ape passed out from the poison, Riverdale's guards found him.
Shortly after, Kieran arrived at the scene as well.
Then, he "saw" those traces.
Unlike the battlefield that was destroyed by craters, all the traces around the area where Aqua Ape passed out were intact.
That wasn't to say that the eight-headed, seven-tailed viper tattoo man left behind so many obvious trails.
In fact, the man did make his concealments very well, even Kieran didn't think he could outmatch the man in this, but the concealments were nothing before Transcendence [Tracking]. It was as obvious as an ostrich burying its head in the sand.
Kieran didn't even need to spend time searching for clues, as sizing up the area provided him with the traces he was looking for, and as long as he followed the clues to the culprit, he would eventually get something.
