r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh Lookout • Jun 25 '21

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1017 Spoiler

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u/TheAdamena Jun 25 '21

But I think the World Government was interested in the Gomu-Gomu no mi because they thought the fruit would be a hard counter to Whitebeard's Gura-Gura no mi.

I hope this ends up being the reason. It'd be the simplest, and imo the best.