#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <algorithm>

#ifdef _MSC_VER
#include <intrin.h>
#endif

namespace atcoder {

namespace internal {

// @param n `0 <= n`
// @return minimum non-negative `x` s.t. `n <= 2**x`
int ceil_pow2(int n) {
    int x = 0;
    while ((1U << x) < (unsigned int)(n)) x++;
    return x;
}

// @param n `1 <= n`
// @return minimum non-negative `x` s.t. `(n & (1 << x)) != 0`
int bsf(unsigned int n) {
#ifdef _MSC_VER
    unsigned long index;
    _BitScanForward(&index, n);
    return index;
#else
    return __builtin_ctz(n);
#endif
}

}  // namespace internal

}  // namespace atcoder

#include <cassert>
#include <vector>

namespace atcoder {

template <class S, S (*op)(S, S), S (*e)()> struct segtree {
  public:
    segtree() : segtree(0) {}
    segtree(int n) : segtree(std::vector<S>(n, e())) {}
    segtree(const std::vector<S>& v) : _n(int(v.size())) {
        log = internal::ceil_pow2(_n);
        size = 1 << log;
        d = std::vector<S>(2 * size, e());
        for (int i = 0; i < _n; i++) d[size + i] = v[i];
        for (int i = size - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
            update(i);
        }
    }

    void set(int p, S x) {
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        p += size;
        d[p] = x;
        for (int i = 1; i <= log; i++) update(p >> i);
    }

    S get(int p) {
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        return d[p + size];
    }

    S prod(int l, int r) {
        assert(0 <= l && l <= r && r <= _n);
        S sml = e(), smr = e();
        l += size;
        r += size;

        while (l < r) {
            if (l & 1) sml = op(sml, d[l++]);
            if (r & 1) smr = op(d[--r], smr);
            l >>= 1;
            r >>= 1;
        }
        return op(sml, smr);
    }

    S all_prod() { return d[1]; }

    template <bool (*f)(S)> int max_right(int l) {
        return max_right(l, [](S x) { return f(x); });
    }
    template <class F> int max_right(int l, F f) {
        assert(0 <= l && l <= _n);
        assert(f(e()));
        if (l == _n) return _n;
        l += size;
        S sm = e();
        do {
            while (l % 2 == 0) l >>= 1;
            if (!f(op(sm, d[l]))) {
                while (l < size) {
                    l = (2 * l);
                    if (f(op(sm, d[l]))) {
                        sm = op(sm, d[l]);
                        l++;
                    }
                }
                return l - size;
            }
            sm = op(sm, d[l]);
            l++;
        } while ((l & -l) != l);
        return _n;
    }

    template <bool (*f)(S)> int min_left(int r) {
        return min_left(r, [](S x) { return f(x); });
    }
    template <class F> int min_left(int r, F f) {
        assert(0 <= r && r <= _n);
        assert(f(e()));
        if (r == 0) return 0;
        r += size;
        S sm = e();
        do {
            r--;
            while (r > 1 && (r % 2)) r >>= 1;
            if (!f(op(d[r], sm))) {
                while (r < size) {
                    r = (2 * r + 1);
                    if (f(op(d[r], sm))) {
                        sm = op(d[r], sm);
                        r--;
                    }
                }
                return r + 1 - size;
            }
            sm = op(d[r], sm);
        } while ((r & -r) != r);
        return 0;
    }

  private:
    int _n, size, log;
    std::vector<S> d;

    void update(int k) { d[k] = op(d[2 * k], d[2 * k + 1]); }
};

}  // namespace atcoder

#define fi first
#define se second
#define rep(i,n) for(int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define rrep(i,n) for(int i = 1; i <= (n); ++i)
#define drep(i,n) for(int i = (n)-1; i >= 0; --i)
#define srep(i,s,t) for (int i = s; i < t; ++i)
#define rng(a) a.begin(),a.end()
#define rrng(a) a.rbegin(),a.rend()
#define maxs(x,y) (x = max(x,y))
#define mins(x,y) (x = min(x,y))
#define limit(x,l,r) max(l,min(x,r))
#define lims(x,l,r) (x = max(l,min(x,r)))
#define isin(x,l,r) ((l) <= (x) && (x) < (r))
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define sz(x) (int)(x).size()
#define pcnt __builtin_popcountll
#define uni(x) x.erase(unique(rng(x)),x.end())
#define show(x) cout<<#x<<" = "<<x<<endl;
#define print(x)cout<<x<<endl;
#define PQ(T) priority_queue<T,v(T),greater<T> >
#define bn(x) ((1<<x)-1)
#define dup(x,y) (((x)+(y)-1)/(y))
#define newline puts("")
#define v(T) vector<T>
#define vv(T) v(v(T))
using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;
typedef long long int ll;
typedef unsigned uint;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef pair<int,int> P;
typedef tuple<int,int,int> T;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef vector<ll> vl;
typedef vector<P> vp;
typedef vector<T> vt;

ll op(ll a, ll b){
  return max(a,b);
}

ll e(){
  return (ll)(0);
}

int main() {
  int n;
  ll k;
  cin >> n >> k;
  segtree<ll,op,e> t(603030);
  vl a(n);
  rep(i,n)cin >> a[i];
  ll ans = 0;
  rep(i,n){
    ll l = max(0LL,a[i]-k), r = a[i]+k;
    ll x = t.prod(l,r+1);
    t.set(a[i],x+1);
    maxs(ans,x+1);
  }
  cout<<ans<<endl;
  return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 24384