# ------------------- fast io --------------------
import os
import sys
from io import BytesIO, IOBase

BUFSIZE = 8192


class FastIO(IOBase):
    newlines = 0

    def __init__(self, file):
        self._fd = file.fileno()
        self.buffer = BytesIO()
        self.writable = "x" in file.mode or "r" not in file.mode
        self.write = self.buffer.write if self.writable else None

    def read(self):
        while True:
            b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
            if not b:
                break
            ptr = self.buffer.tell()
            self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
        self.newlines = 0
        return self.buffer.read()

    def readline(self):
        while self.newlines == 0:
            b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
            self.newlines = b.count(b"\n") + (not b)
            ptr = self.buffer.tell()
            self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
        self.newlines -= 1
        return self.buffer.readline()

    def flush(self):
        if self.writable:
            os.write(self._fd, self.buffer.getvalue())
            self.buffer.truncate(0), self.buffer.seek(0)


class IOWrapper(IOBase):
    def __init__(self, file):
        self.buffer = FastIO(file)
        self.flush = self.buffer.flush
        self.writable = self.buffer.writable
        self.write = lambda s: self.buffer.write(s.encode("ascii"))
        self.read = lambda: self.buffer.read().decode("ascii")
        self.readline = lambda: self.buffer.readline().decode("ascii")


sys.stdin, sys.stdout = IOWrapper(sys.stdin), IOWrapper(sys.stdout)
input = lambda: sys.stdin.readline().rstrip("\r\n")

# ------------------- fast io --------------------
from math import gcd, ceil

def pre(s):
    n = len(s)
    pi = [0] * n
    for i in range(1, n):
        j = pi[i - 1]
        while j and s[i] != s[j]:
            j = pi[j - 1]
        if s[i] == s[j]:
            j += 1
        pi[i] = j
    return pi


def prod(a):
    ans = 1
    for each in a:
        ans = (ans * each)
    return ans

def lcm(a, b): return a * b // gcd(a, b)


def binary(x, length=16):
    y = bin(x)[2:]
    return y if len(y) >= length else "0" * (length - len(y)) + y

def getOverlap(a, b):
    return max(0, min(a[1], b[1]) - max(a[0], b[0]) + 1)

def connected_components(n, graph):
    components, visited = [], [False] * n

    def dfs(start):
        component, stack = [], [start]

        while stack:
            start = stack[-1]

            if visited[start]:
                stack.pop()
                continue
            else:
                visited[start] = True
                component.append(start)

            for i in graph[start]:
                if not visited[i]:
                    stack.append(i)

        return component

    for i in range(n):
        if not visited[i]:
            components.append(dfs(i))

    return components

from math import inf, log2


class SegmentTree:
    def __init__(self, array, func=max):
        self.n = len(array)
        self.size = 2**(int(log2(self.n-1))+1) if self.n != 1 else 1
        self.func = func
        self.default = 0 if self.func != min else inf
        self.data = [self.default] * (2 * self.size)
        self.process(array)

    def process(self, array):
        self.data[self.size : self.size+self.n] = array
        for i in range(self.size-1, -1, -1):
            self.data[i] = self.func(self.data[2*i], self.data[2*i+1])

    def query(self, alpha, omega):
        """Returns the result of function over the range (inclusive)!"""
        if alpha == omega:
            return self.data[alpha + self.size]
        res = self.default
        alpha += self.size
        omega += self.size + 1
        while alpha < omega:
            if alpha & 1:
                res = self.func(res, self.data[alpha])
                alpha += 1
            if omega & 1:
                omega -= 1
                res = self.func(res, self.data[omega])
            alpha >>= 1
            omega >>= 1
        return res

    def update(self, index, value):
        """Updates the element at index to given value!"""
        index += self.size
        self.data[index] = value
        index >>= 1
        while index:
            self.data[index] = self.func(self.data[2*index], self.data[2*index+1])
            index >>= 1


for _ in range(int(input()) if not True else 1):
    #n = int(input())
    n, k = map(int, input().split())
    a = []
    for i in range(n):
        a += [int(input())]
    st = SegmentTree([0]*400001, func=max)
    dp = [0]*n
    dp[0] = 1
    st.update(a[0], dp[0])
    for i in range(1, n):
        dp[i] = 1 + st.query(max(0,a[i]-k), min(400000,a[i]+k))
        st.update(a[i], dp[i])
    print(max(dp))

Measured memory_bytes: 117640