#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define __ <<" "<<
#define ___ <<" "
#define bash push_back
#define ALL(x) x.begin(),x.end()
// #define int long long
struct IoSetup {
    IoSetup() {
        cin.tie(0);
        ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
        cout << fixed << setprecision(10);
        cerr << fixed << setprecision(10);
    }
}IoSetup;

using Int = __int128_t;
using ll = long long;
using pii = pair<int, int>;
constexpr int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;
constexpr long long LINF = 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3fLL;
constexpr int SMOD = 1000000007;
constexpr int NMOD = 998244353;
constexpr int dx[]={1,0,-1,0,1,1,-1,-1};
constexpr int dy[]={0,-1,0,1,-1,1,-1,1};

inline bool inside(int x,int y,int w,int h){return (x>=0 && y>=0 && x<w && y<h);}
template<class T>bool chmax(T &a, const T&b){if(a<b)return(a=b,1);return 0;}
template<class T>bool chmin(T &a, const T&b){if(b<a)return(a=b,1);return 0;}


template< typename Monoid >
struct SegmentTree {
	using F = function< Monoid(Monoid, Monoid) >;

	int sz;
	vector< Monoid > seg;

	const F f;
	const Monoid M1;

	SegmentTree(int n, const Monoid &M1, const F f) : f(f), M1(M1) {
		sz = 1;
		while(sz < n) sz <<= 1;
		seg.assign(2 * sz, M1);
	}

	void set(int k, const Monoid &x) {
		seg[k + sz] = x;
	}

	void build() {
		for(int k = sz - 1; k > 0; k--) {
		seg[k] = f(seg[2 * k + 0], seg[2 * k + 1]);
		}
	}

	void update(int k, const Monoid &x) {
		k += sz;
		seg[k] = x;
		while(k >>= 1) {
			seg[k] = f(seg[2 * k + 0], seg[2 * k + 1]);
		}
	}

	Monoid query(int a, int b) {
		Monoid L = M1, R = M1;
		for(a += sz, b += sz; a < b; a >>= 1, b >>= 1) {
			if(a & 1) L = f(L, seg[a++]);
			if(b & 1) R = f(seg[--b], R);
		}
		return f(L, R);
	}

	Monoid operator[](const int &k) const {
		return seg[k + sz];
	}

	template< typename C >
	int find_subtree(int a, const C &check, Monoid &M, bool type) {
		while(a < sz) {
			Monoid nxt = type ? f(seg[2 * a + type], M) : f(M, seg[2 * a + type]);
			if(check(nxt)) a = 2 * a + type;
			else M = nxt, a = 2 * a + 1 - type;
		}
		return a - sz;
	}


	template< typename C >
	int find_first(int a, const C &check) {
		Monoid L = M1;
		if(a <= 0) {
			if(check(f(L, seg[1]))) return find_subtree(1, check, L, false);
			return -1;
		}
		int b = sz;
		for(a += sz, b += sz; a < b; a >>= 1, b >>= 1) {
			if(a & 1) {
				Monoid nxt = f(L, seg[a]);
				if(check(nxt)) return find_subtree(a, check, L, false);
				L = nxt;
				++a;
			}
		}
		return -1;
	}

	template< typename C >
	int find_last(int b, const C &check) {
		Monoid R = M1;
		if(b >= sz) {
			if(check(f(seg[1], R))) return find_subtree(1, check, R, true);
			return -1;
		}
		int a = sz;
		for(b += sz; a < b; a >>= 1, b >>= 1) {
			if(b & 1) {
				Monoid nxt = f(seg[--b], R);
				if(check(nxt)) return find_subtree(b, check, R, true);
				R = nxt;
			}
		}
		return -1;
	}
};
#define N 300300

signed main() {


    int n, k;
    cin >> n >> k;

    vector<int> a(n);
    map<int, int> e, f;

    SegmentTree<int> seg(N, -INF, [](int a, int b){return max(a, b);});

	for(int i = 0; i < N; i++) seg.set(i, 0);
	seg.build();


    for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        cin >> a[i];

        seg.update(a[i], seg.query(max(0, a[i] - k), min(N, a[i] + k + 1)) + 1);


        e[a[i]] = seg[a[i]];
    }

    int mv = 1;

    for(auto&&p:e) {
        chmax(mv, p.second - f[p.first]);
    }

    cout << mv << endl;


    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 26160