While investigating a disturbance at SciLab, Lan meets either Chaud (in "Team ProtoMan") or Baryl (in "Team Colonel"), who recruit him to begin forming an elite team of NetNavis to fight against Nebula's control. In a series of scenarios identical between games, Lan meets up with other powerful NetNavi operators and recruits them; Team ProtoMan grows to consist of Magnet Man, Gyro Man, Napalm Man, Search Man, and Meddy, while Team Colonel consists of Knight Man, Shadow Man, Tomahawk Man, Number Man, and Toad Man. Through the team's efforts, the Net is liberated area by area and peace gets restored. However, the occupation of the Net was a diversion by Nebula while they searched for "The Hikari Report", a research project by Lan's grandfather Dr. Hikari.