#line 2 "cpplib/segment_tree/segment_tree.hpp"
#include<vector>
#line 2 "cpplib/alga/maybe.hpp"
#include<cassert>

/**
 * @brief Maybe
 * @see https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%89_(%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0)#Maybe%E3%83%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%89
 */

template<typename T>
struct maybe{
    bool _is_none;
    T val;
    maybe():_is_none(true){}
    maybe(T val):_is_none(false),val(val){}
    T unwrap()const{
        assert(!_is_none);
        return val;
    }
    T unwrap_or(T e)const{
        return _is_none?e:val;
    }
    bool is_none()const{return _is_none;}
    bool is_some()const{return !_is_none;}
};

template<typename T,typename F>
auto expand(F op){
    return [&op](const maybe<T>& s,const maybe<T>& t){
        if(s.is_none())return t;
        if(t.is_none())return s;
        return maybe<T>(op(s.unwrap(),t.unwrap()));
    };
}
#line 4 "cpplib/segment_tree/segment_tree.hpp"

/**
 * @brief セグメント木
 * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segment_tree
 */

template<typename T,typename F>
class segment_tree{
	maybe<T>* node;
    F op;
	int n=1;
	public:
    segment_tree(){}
	segment_tree(int sz,F op=F()):op(op){
		while(n<=sz)n<<=1;
		node=new maybe<T>[n*2];
		for(int i=0;i<n*2;i++)node[i]=maybe<T>();
	}
    segment_tree(const std::vector<T>&v,F op=F()):op(op){
        auto f=expand<T,F>(op);
        const int sz=v.size();
		while(n<=sz)n<<=1;
		node=new maybe<T>[n*2]();
        for(int i=0;i<sz;i++)node[i+n]=maybe<T>(v[i]);
        for(int i=n-1;i>=1;i--)node[i]=f(node[i*2],node[i*2+1]);
	}
    maybe<T> get(int l,int r){
        auto f=expand<T,F>(op);
        l+=n;r+=n;
        maybe<T> s,t;
        while(l<r){
            if(l&1)s=f(s,node[l++]);
            if(r&1)t=f(node[--r],t);
            l>>=1;r>>=1;
        }
        return f(s,t);
    }
    void apply(int t,T _val){
        auto f=expand<T,F>(op);
        t+=n;
        maybe<T> val=maybe<T>(_val);
        while(t){
            node[t]=f(node[t],val);
            t=t>>1;
        }
    }
    void apply_left(int t,T _val){
        auto f=expand<T,F>(op);
        t+=n;
        maybe<T> val=maybe<T>(_val);
        while(t){
            node[t]=f(val,node[t]);
            t=t>>1;
        }
    }
    void change(int t,T val){
        auto f=expand<T,F>(op);
        t+=n;
        node[t]=maybe<T>(val);
        while(t>1){
            t=t>>1;
            node[t]=f(node[t*2],node[t*2+1]);
        }
    }
};
#line 2 "cpplib/util/template.hpp"
#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
#pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")
#pragma GCC target("avx")
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
struct __INIT__{__INIT__(){cin.tie(0);ios::sync_with_stdio(false);cout<<fixed<<setprecision(15);}}__INIT__;
typedef long long lint;
#define INF (1LL<<60)
#define IINF (1<<30)
#define EPS (1e-10)
#define endl ('\n')
typedef vector<lint> vec;
typedef vector<vector<lint>> mat;
typedef vector<vector<vector<lint>>> mat3;
typedef vector<string> svec;
typedef vector<vector<string>> smat;
template<typename T>inline void numout(T t){bool f=0;for(auto i:t){cout<<(f?" ":"")<<i<INF/2?i:"INF";f=1;}cout<<endl;}
template<typename T>inline void numout2(T t){for(auto i:t)numout(i);}
template<typename T>inline void output(T t){bool f=0;for(auto i:t){cout<<(f?" ":"")<<i;f=1;}cout<<endl;}
template<typename T>inline void output2(T t){for(auto i:t)output(i);}
template<typename T>inline void _output(T t){bool f=0;for(lint i=0;i<t.size();i++){cout<<f?"":" "<<t[i];f=1;}cout<<endl;}
template<typename T>inline void _output2(T t){for(lint i=0;i<t.size();i++)output(t[i]);}
#define loop(n) for(long long _=0;_<(long long)(n);++_)
#define rep(i,...) for(auto i:range(__VA_ARGS__)) 
#define rrep(i,...) for(auto i:reversed(range(__VA_ARGS__)))
#define repi(i,a,b) for(lint i=lint(a);i<(lint)(b);++i)
#define rrepi(i,a,b) for(lint i=lint(b)-1;i>=lint(a);--i)
#define irep(i) for(lint i=0;;++i)
inline vector<long long> range(long long n){if(n<=0)return vector<long long>();vector<long long>v(n);iota(v.begin(),v.end(),0LL);return v;}
inline vector<long long> range(long long a,long long b){if(b<=a)return vector<long long>();vector<long long>v(b-a);iota(v.begin(),v.end(),a);return v;}
inline vector<long long> range(long long a,long long b,long long c){if((b-a+c-1)/c<=0)return vector<long long>();vector<long long>v((b-a+c-1)/c);for(int i=0;i<(int)v.size();++i)v[i]=i?v[i-1]+c:a;return v;}
template<typename T>inline T reversed(T v){reverse(v.begin(),v.end());return v;}
#define all(n) begin(n),end(n)
template<typename T,typename E>bool chmin(T& s,const E& t){bool res=s>t;s=min<T>(s,t);return res;}
template<typename T,typename E>bool chmax(T& s,const E& t){bool res=s<t;s=max<T>(s,t);return res;}
const vector<lint> dx={1,0,-1,0,1,1,-1,-1};
const vector<lint> dy={0,1,0,-1,1,-1,1,-1};
#define SUM(v) accumulate(all(v),0LL)
template<typename T,typename ...Args>auto make_vector(T x,int arg,Args ...args){if constexpr(sizeof...(args)==0)return vector<T>(arg,x);else return vector(arg,make_vector<T>(x,args...));}
//#include "../graph_tree/graph_template.hpp"
#line 3 "cpplib/functional/MAX.hpp"
/**
 * @brief 最大値
 */

template<typename T>
struct MAX{
    T operator()(const T& s,const T& t){
        return std::max(s,t);
    }
};
#line 4 "code.cpp"

int main(){
    lint n,k;
    cin>>n>>k;
    segment_tree<lint,MAX<lint>>seg(300001);
    rep(i,n){
        lint x;
        cin>>x;
        seg.apply(x,seg.get(max(0LL,x-k),min(300001LL,x+k+1)).unwrap_or(0)+1);
    }
    cout<<seg.get(0,300001).unwrap_or(0)<<endl;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 22004