"You're the one becoming defensive," Masanori replied with a dismissive wave of his hand. "Ah, and another thing, Ami! You are my teammate. As distasteful as you may find it, you'd do well to remember that. You and any choices that appear questionable to me are my concern insofar as they relate to your being a ninja. Your association with a foreign ninja you admit could murder us here and now and 'sweep it under the rug without a hint as to his involvement' if his inclination should change falls under that parasol however unlikely a change in his inclination may be by your reckoning. The Hokage may not have an issue with your correspondence either, but Shisui does if he's keeping you on a kiddy leash, for what that's evidently worth to you. I don't know if you've noticed it either, but Obito also isn't here right now."

Not that he figured there was much point in continuing this dialogue as while Ami seemed to understand what he was purposefully doing to some extent, she didn't seem to be registering the purpose behind it. She wasn't thinking insofar as he could tell or realizing -- ah, well, it didn't really matter all that much, hm? As defensive as she had become, there was little chance of reaching her save for speaking plainly and he had no intention of doing that. He expected more of her, after all. If she wasn't aware of his purpose for venturing to find her even, it couldn't be helped.