#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define REP(i,x,n) for(int i=x;i<(int)n;i++)
#define rep(i,n) REP(i,0,n)
#define sp(p) cout<<setprecision(16)<<fixed<<p<<endl;
#define all(a) a.begin(),a.end()
#define rall(a) a.rbegin(),a.rend()
#define SORT(a) sort(all(a))
#define RSORT(a) sort(rall(a))
#define UNIQ(a) unique(all(a))
#define UNIQNUM(a) UNIQ(a)-a.begin()
#define UNIQIT(a) a.erase(UNIQ(a), a.end());
#define VOUT(v,i) rep(i,v.size())cout<<v[i]<<(i==v.size()-1?"\n":" ");
#define vout(v) VOUT(v,z);
#define vdbg(v,i) cout<<#v<<": ";for(int i=0;i<(int)v.size();i++){cout<<v[i]<<" ";}cout<<"\n";
#define vmin(v) *min_element(all(v))
#define vmax(v) *max_element(all(v))
#define vsum(v) accumulate(all(v), 0LL)
#define MOUT(m,r,c) rep(i,r){rep(j,c){cout<<m[i][j]<<" ";}cout<<endl;}
#define mout(m) MOUT(m,m.size(),m[0].size())
#define debg(a) cout<<#a<<": "<<a<<endl;
#define out(a) debg(a);
#define aout(a) for(auto&e:a)cout<<e<<" ";
#define show(a) for(cont &y:a){for(cont &x:y){cout<<x<<" ";}cout<<endl;}
#define digit(a) to_string(a).length();
// template<class T>inline int out(const T &t){ print(t); putchar('\n'); return 0; }
// template<class T>inline T gcd(T a,T b){if(b==0)return a; return(gcd(b,a%b));}
// template<class T>inline T lcm(T a,T b){return a/gcd(a,b)*b;}
bool is_palindrome(string s){return s == string(s.rbegin(),s.rend());}
#define popcount __builtin_popcount
typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<ll,ll> P;
typedef vector<ll> V;
typedef vector<vector<ll>> VV;
// const long long MOD=1000000007;
const long long INF = 1e18;
#define EPS (1e-7)
#define PI (acos(-1))
template<class T>
inline bool chmax(T &a, T b) {
    if(a < b) { a = b; return true; }
    return false;
}
template<class T>
inline bool chmin(T &a, T b) {
    if(a > b) { a = b; return true; }
    return false;
}

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

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]); }
};

int max_op (int a, int b) { return max(a, b); };
int e () { return 0; };

int main(){
    long long N;
    scanf("%lld",&N);
    long long K;
    scanf("%lld",&K);
    std::vector<long long> A(N);
    for(int i = 0 ; i < N ; i++){
        scanf("%lld",&A[i]);
    }
    segtree<int, max_op, e> st(3e6+1);
    int ans=0;
    for (long long i = 0; i < N; i++) {
        int l = max(A[i]-K, 0LL);
        int r = max(A[i]+K+1, 0LL);
        int tmp = 1 + st.prod(l,r);
        st.set(A[i], max(st.get(A[i]), tmp));
        ans = max(ans, tmp);
    }
    cout << ans << endl;
    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 50008