// Problem : D - Flat Subsequence
// Contest : AtCoder - ACL Beginner Contest
// URL : https://atcoder.jp/contests/abl/tasks/abl_d
// Memory Limit : 1024 MB
// Time Limit : 2000 ms
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// 私に忍び寄るのをやめてください、ありがとう

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#pragma comment(linker, "/stack:200000000")
#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
#pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")
#pragma GCC target("sse,sse2,sse3,ssse3,sse4,popcnt,abm,mmx,avx,tune=native")
#define ll int
// #define int long long
#define mod 1000000007 //998244353
#define fast  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
#define f(i,n) for(ll i=0;i<n;i++)
#define fore(i, a, b) for (ll i = (ll)(a); i <= (ll)(b); ++i)
#define nl "\n"
#define trace(x) cerr<<#x<<": "<<x<<" "<<endl
#define trace2(x, y) cerr<<#x<<": "<<x<<" | "<<#y<<": "<<y<<endl
#define trace3(x, y, z) cerr<<#x<<":" <<x<<" | "<<#y<<": "<<y<<" | "<<#z<<": "<<z<<endl
#define trace4(a, b, c, d) cerr<<#a<<": "<<a<<" | "<<#b<<": "<<b<<" | "<<#c<<": "<<c<<" | "<<#d<<": "<<d<<endl
#define x first
#define y second
#define vc vector
#define pb push_back
#define ar array
#define all(a) (a).begin(), (a).end()
#define rall(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
#define ms(v,n,x) fill(v,v+n,x);
#define init(c,a) memset(c,a,sizeof(c))
#define pll pair<ll,ll>
#define mll map<ll,ll>
#define sll set<ll>
#define vll vector<ll>
#define vpll vector<pll>
#define inf 9e18
#define cases ll T;cin>>T;while(T--)
#define BLOCK 500
//const double PI = 3.141592653589793238460;
template<typename T> bool mmax(T &m, const T q) { if (m < q) {m = q; return true;} else return false; }
template<typename T> bool mmin(T &m, const T q) { if (m > q) {m = q; return true;} else return false; }
typedef std::complex<double> Complex;
typedef std::valarray<Complex> CArray;
void __print(int x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(long x) {cerr << x;}
// void __print(long long x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(unsigned x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(unsigned long x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(unsigned long long x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(float x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(double x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(long double x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(char x) {cerr << '\'' << x << '\'';}
void __print(const char *x) {cerr << '\"' << x << '\"';}
void __print(const string &x) {cerr << '\"' << x << '\"';}
void __print(bool x) {cerr << (x ? "true" : "false");}

template<typename T, typename V>
void __print(const pair<T, V> &x) {cerr << '{'; __print(x.first); cerr << ','; __print(x.second); cerr << '}';}
template<typename T>
void __print(const T &x) {int f = 0; cerr << '{'; for (auto &i: x) cerr << (f++ ? "," : ""), __print(i); cerr << "}";}
void _print() {cerr << "]\n";}
template <typename T, typename... V>
void _print(T t, V... v) {__print(t); if (sizeof...(v)) cerr << ", "; _print(v...);}
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
#define debug(x...) cerr << "[" << #x << "] = ["; _print(x)
#else
#define debug(x...)
#endif

mt19937_64 rng(chrono::high_resolution_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

const int maxn=(1<<20);
int tree[5*maxn];
void upd(int k, int v) {
    k += maxn;
    tree[k] = max(tree[k], v);
    for (int i = k/2; i != 0; i /= 2) tree[i] = max(tree[i*2], tree[i*2+1]);
}
int qry(int l, int r) {
    l += maxn; r += maxn;
    int res = 0;
    while (l <= r) {
        if (l%2==1) res = max(res, tree[l++]);
        if (r%2==0) res = max(res, tree[r--]);
        l /= 2; r /= 2;
    }
    return res;
}

int32_t main()
{
    
	fast	
	cout << fixed << setprecision(12);
	

	ll n,k;
	cin>>n>>k;
	ll ans=1;
	f(i,n){
		ll x;
		cin>>x;
		ll l=max(0,x-k);
		ll r=x+k;
		
		ll t=qry(l,r);
		
		
		ans=max(ans,t+1);
		upd(x,t+1);
		
		
		
	}


	cout<<ans;


    

	return 0;
    
}

Measured memory_bytes: 6028