ShadowMan.EXE

ShadowMan.EXE is one of the antagonists of the Mega Man Battle Network/NT Warrior series. He was one of MegaMan.EXE's rivals and a partner of Dark Miyabi.

Mega Man Battle Network
While ShadowMan does appear in this game, he has no dialogue or story there. His location deep in the Undernet implies that he may have been sent on infiltrate or spy on WWW, though this is not confirmed.

Mega Man Network Transmission
In this game, ShadowMan appears in an obscure area, tasked specifically with destroying the AuthCode before Lan and MegaMan can obtain it. Upon finding out that they were mere seconds too late to get the AuthCode, Lan and MegaMan challenge ShadowMan to a battle for information regarding the Professor, and ShadowMan boldly accepts, not expecting Lan and MegaMan to pose a threat at all. He is, however, defeats, and makes a sneaky retreat, not appearing for the rest of the game. He does leave destroyed bits of the AuthCode behind.

Mega Man Battle Network 2
In this game, ShadowMan is first seen clearing Yumland's world-class defenses, killing the king of Yumland and many guards with ease. He then leaves the area, sending CutMan.EXE to take care of any survivors whlie heading to attack Electopia next. One such survivors warns Lan and MegaMan that Electopia is the next target.

Later, ShadowMan infiltrates the Mother Computer in Electopia, mowing SciLab's Navis down in the process. Chaud and ProtoMan.EXE appears on the scene to stop him, though ShadowMan creates a simulacrum to stop him. During this time, Yurichio Hikari develops a weapon specifically designed to defeat ShadowMan. However, by the time that MegaMan gets in position to use it on ShadowMan, the heart of the Mother Computer is right behind him. ShadowMan taunts MegaMan with the possibility of missing with the anti-ShadowMan weapon and attacking the Mother Computer instead. However, ProtoMan appears, revealing that he defeated the simulacrum. ProtoMan then holds ShadowMan in place to avoid the chance of avoidance, with MegaMan ready to fire the weapon. However, just as MegaMan fires, a Shadow Guard appears to take the hit and protect ShadowMan himself, at which point ShadowMan dukes it out with MegaMan in a traditional NetBattle and loses. He does not appear for the rest of the game.

Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel
In this game, Baryl looks to have Dark Miyabi and ShadowMan join the team. However, before fully joining, they subject Lan and MegaMan to a test of their abilities. In this game, he actually becomes a temporary protagonist. During the final moments of this game, Nebula Grey seemingly absorbs him. However, he is restored after Nebula Grey is defeated.

Mega Man NT Warrior
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