Actually, Igniz has been the mastermind behind the Kusanagi cloning project, manipulating the process at his own twisted will. With the information he gathered from the extraction of Kyo Kusanagi's DNA, he created his own advanced Kyo clones: first, the rebel K', then the loyal agent Krizalid, and later on handed over the Kula Diamond project to Foxy, and he directly supervised the creation of K9999, a purely artificial Kusanagi clone. All the pieces were being moved by Igniz on his own board of corruption and treason.

Igniz watched with certain interest how Krizalid and the clone of Zero were eliminated in the King of Fighters tournament, ironically defeated by his own creations. However, the destruction of Southtown thanks to the Zero Cannon had impulsed the NESTS cartel to reveal itself to the world in the brink of the disaster. Argumenting a malfunction in a satellite, Igniz and the rest of the NESTS organization tried to justify their horrible actions. But there was no time to lurk any further. NESTS had to put its' plan in motion. The president of NESTS left the responsibility of holding the 2001 King of Fighters tournament to Igniz, as he would order his agents to do their job. Igniz thought it would be the perfect chance to show that old coot who truely ran things in NESTS.

Cautiously watching over the development of the tournament, Igniz gloated as his theory came true: the products of NESTS were slowly, but surely, making their way up in the tournament. Kyo and Iori were also doing their part as well. But even though the fighters displayed new techniques and totally different power levels than ever before, Igniz knew all their secrets. He had the fighting data that was collected from the past KOF tournaments, and he had an even darker idea. He would use that data to infuse it in his body, and become more powerful than any mortal!

Soon enough, fellow agent Zero was sent to deal with the winners in the special space shuttle designed by NESTS, in the disguise of a blimp. Free from any meddling from Foxy, Diana, or Zero, Igniz could easily deploy his plan. Before they could arrive, Igniz issued orders to Angel and K9999, the agents that were teaming up with Foxy and Kula Diamond for the King of Fighters tournament, to do away with them as soon as possible, to erradicate all followers of the president. Waiting for the winners in the NESTS space station, Igniz could expect no less that it would be K' and his team who would show up. Sitting along the president of NESTS and her secretary, Igniz congratulates K' and company for defeating Zero, as it was no easy task to accomplish. Igniz explains his plan to K' and his partners, and he would confess his ultimate ambition: to become the new god that would rule the existence of the world! Having said that, Igniz grabs the head of the NESTS leader sitting on the throne, and reduces him to dust! Igniz now stands strong against his challengers, the products of NESTS, that he once created, and now vows to destroy!

It was astonishing how Igniz displayed his incredible amount of strength. His energy strikes were faster than lightning, striked with the force of a mountain, and quickly threw away the opposition! All that sheer, raw fighting data amassed in Igniz' body caused a huge reaction, and it was surprising that Igniz could manage to control it. All attacks were futile, any countermeasure, useless. Igniz anticipated all the moves he already knew of, and those that he didn't, were promptly overwhelmed by the inmense display of strength from Igniz!

But soon after Kyo and the rest of the strongest fighters of the tournament joined in the battle, Igniz began to grow tired of such pests, and tried to eliminate them as fast as possible. But while the strength of Igniz came from numbers and computer data, the force of these brave warriors came from within, they fought with the soul, fighting with every ounce in their body! That was what Igniz could never understand. Soon enough, the 3 main targets of NESTS got together: K', Kyo, and Iori. Igniz really appreciated what they all did for the cartel (indirectly, of course), and soon began to gather what was left of his energy to deal with the three bugs. But it was Igniz who was surprised when the 3 flame wielders channeled their energy through K', who blasted a huge flame of justice straight towards Igniz! Igniz was overpowered, as the whole data room they were fighting in began to crumble by the force of the impact.

Battered and bruised, dragging along his burnt body, Igniz could not hold back the frustration of his defeat. All these years of planning and gathering fighting data to be finally defeated by his own creations. Igniz could not stand such humilliation. Igniz could not come to understand why humans would deny the existence of a new god. As he slowly walked towards a couple of pillar atop some stairs, Igniz, in his insanity, claims that if the world will not accept a god, then they shall yield to a demon! Igniz places his hands on the pillars, and is soon surrounded by a pillar of light. Amazed by Igniz' actions, K' and the others are surprised when they feel the whole space station tremble, as they draw closer to the atmosphere of the Earth! Igniz was activating the space station on a crash course towards the planet! K' and the rest try to stop his ambition, but a huge metal door shuts them out from any possible meddling. Igniz is left laughing out of sheer madness, surrounded by chaos and destruction, as the whole space station is engulfed in flames upon the entrance to the atmosphere. Flames...how did Igniz hate flames. Consumed by his own evil, Igniz falls to his death, just like the whole ambition of NESTS. Those who will succeed him will surely take his example, and not yield to ambition.

Rather elegant and with good manners, Igniz doesn't seem to lose his temper so easily. He usually remains calm, cool, and precise, as his superior intelligence always analyzes the situation, and exploits it to his advantage. A conspirating and creative person, Igniz had prepared himself well for the King of Fighters tournament via his own resources. But he could never predict the outcome, and finally losing any trace of sanity, burns to his doom along with his own cruel plot.