Professor

Professor (教授), along with the Life Virus are the main antagonists of MegaMan Network Transmission. The professor is responsible for spreading the Zero virus and initiating the events of the game. His partner was Lord Wily.

According to Higsby, the Professor was a high-ranking WWW member. He had a great deal of respect of Wily's dream and even made it his own as well. When Wily was supposedly killed at the end of MegaMan Battle Network, the Professor decided to take matters into his own hands and attempt to start the war that Wily wanted.

Needing funds to do so, he began by bringing Zero.EXE out of storage from the Zero Account and spread his virus across the Net via StarMan.EXE's phony vaccine. By the time Lan and MegaMan had faced Zero in combat, the Professor had already gathered enough money and recreated the Life Virus. From there, the Professor declared his intentions to the world and began to prepare the Life Virus.

Undaunted, Lan, MegaMan and their friends made their way to the WWW Space and destroyed the Life Virus. The Professor was unafraid despite this, due to the secrecy of his location and that he could simply start anew. However, Zero had used his virus, which had been the Professor's computers for some time, to inform the NetPolice of his location, and the Professor was hauled off to jail.