#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define rep(i,a,b) for(ll i=ll(a);i<ll(b);i++)
#define irep(i,a,b) for(ll i=ll(a);i>=ll(b);i--)
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; }
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair

#define pll pair<ll,ll>
using ll=long long;
using ld=long double;
const ll INF = 1LL<<60;
const ll mod=1e9+7;
const ll mod2= 998244353;
using namespace std;
ll gcd(ll a, ll b) { return b ? gcd(b, a%b) : a; }

int ceil_pow2(int n) {
    int x = 0;
    while ((1U << x) < (unsigned int)(n)) x++;
    return x;
}

template <class S,
          S (*op)(S, S),
          S (*e)(),
          class F,
          S (*mapping)(F, S),
          F (*composition)(F, F),
          F (*id)()>
struct lazy_segtree {
  public:
    lazy_segtree() : lazy_segtree(0) {}
    lazy_segtree(int n) : lazy_segtree(std::vector<S>(n, e())) {}
    lazy_segtree(const std::vector<S>& v) : _n(int(v.size())) {
        log = ceil_pow2(_n);
        size = 1 << log;
        d = std::vector<S>(2 * size, e());
        lz = std::vector<F>(size, id());
        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;
        for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) push(p >> i);
        d[p] = x;
        for (int i = 1; i <= log; i++) update(p >> i);
    }

    S get(int p) {
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        p += size;
        for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) push(p >> i);
        return d[p];
    }

    S prod(int l, int r) {
        assert(0 <= l && l <= r && r <= _n);
        if (l == r) return e();

        l += size;
        r += size;

        for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) {
            if (((l >> i) << i) != l) push(l >> i);
            if (((r >> i) << i) != r) push(r >> i);
        }

        S sml = e(), smr = e();
        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]; }

    void apply(int p, F f) {
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        p += size;
        for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) push(p >> i);
        d[p] = mapping(f, d[p]);
        for (int i = 1; i <= log; i++) update(p >> i);
    }
    void apply(int l, int r, F f) {
        assert(0 <= l && l <= r && r <= _n);
        if (l == r) return;

        l += size;
        r += size;

        for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) {
            if (((l >> i) << i) != l) push(l >> i);
            if (((r >> i) << i) != r) push((r - 1) >> i);
        }

        {
            int l2 = l, r2 = r;
            while (l < r) {
                if (l & 1) all_apply(l++, f);
                if (r & 1) all_apply(--r, f);
                l >>= 1;
                r >>= 1;
            }
            l = l2;
            r = r2;
        }

        for (int i = 1; i <= log; i++) {
            if (((l >> i) << i) != l) update(l >> i);
            if (((r >> i) << i) != r) update((r - 1) >> i);
        }
    }

    template <bool (*g)(S)> int max_right(int l) {
        return max_right(l, [](S x) { return g(x); });
    }
    template <class G> int max_right(int l, G g) {
        assert(0 <= l && l <= _n);
        assert(g(e()));
        if (l == _n) return _n;
        l += size;
        for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) push(l >> i);
        S sm = e();
        do {
            while (l % 2 == 0) l >>= 1;
            if (!g(op(sm, d[l]))) {
                while (l < size) {
                    push(l);
                    l = (2 * l);
                    if (g(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 (*g)(S)> int min_left(int r) {
        return min_left(r, [](S x) { return g(x); });
    }
    template <class G> int min_left(int r, G g) {
        assert(0 <= r && r <= _n);
        assert(g(e()));
        if (r == 0) return 0;
        r += size;
        for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) push((r - 1) >> i);
        S sm = e();
        do {
            r--;
            while (r > 1 && (r % 2)) r >>= 1;
            if (!g(op(d[r], sm))) {
                while (r < size) {
                    push(r);
                    r = (2 * r + 1);
                    if (g(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;
    std::vector<F> lz;

    void update(int k) { d[k] = op(d[2 * k], d[2 * k + 1]); }
    void all_apply(int k, F f) {
        d[k] = mapping(f, d[k]);
        if (k < size) lz[k] = composition(f, lz[k]);
    }
    void push(int k) {
        all_apply(2 * k, lz[k]);
        all_apply(2 * k + 1, lz[k]);
        lz[k] = id();
    }
};


using S=int;
using F = int;
const int ID = int(2e9);
S op(S a, S b){ return {max(a,b)}; }
S e(){ return {0}; }
S mapping(F f, S x){return f+x;}
F composition(F f, F g){ return f+g; }
F id(){ return 0; }

int main(){ 
    int n,k;
    cin>>n>>k;
    lazy_segtree<S, op, e, F, mapping, composition, id> seg(300010);
    rep(i,0,n){
        int a;
        cin>>a;
        int l=max(0,a-k);
        int r=min(300000,a+k);
        int now=seg.prod(l,r+1);
        seg.set(a,now+1);
    }
    cout<<seg.prod(0,300001);

}

Measured memory_bytes: 10640