//#define _GLIBCXX_DEBUG
//#include <atcoder/all>
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#ifndef ATCODER_INTERNAL_BITOP_HPP
#define ATCODER_INTERNAL_BITOP_HPP 1

#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

#endif  // ATCODER_INTERNAL_BITOP_HPP

#ifndef ATCODER_SEGTREE_HPP
#define ATCODER_SEGTREE_HPP 1

#include <algorithm>
#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

#endif  // ATCODER_SEGTREE_HPP

using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;
#define rep(i,n) for (int i = 0;i < (int)(n);i++)
using ll = long long;
const ll MOD=1000000007;
//const ll MOD=998244353;
//using mint = modint998244353;
//using mint = modint1000000007;
const long long INF = 1LL << 60;
const double pi=acos(-1.0);
int dx[9] = {1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 0};
int dy[9] = {0, 1, 0, -1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0};

template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return true; } return false; }
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return true; } return false; }

ll op(ll a,ll b){return max(a,b);}
ll e() {return 0LL;}

int main()
{
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(nullptr);
  // cout << fixed << setprecision(15);

  ll N,K; cin>>N>>K;
  vector<ll> A(N); rep(i,N) cin>>A[i];
  
  const ll MAX=3000001;
  segtree<ll,op,e> seg(MAX);
  
  rep(i,N){
    ll l=max(0LL,A[i]-K);
    ll r=min(MAX,A[i]+K+1);
    ll ret=seg.prod(l,r)+1;
    seg.set(A[i],ret);
  }
  
  cout<<seg.all_prod()<<'\n';
  
  return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 94512