#ifdef ONLINE_JUDGE
#pragma GCC target("avx2,avx")
#pragma GCC optimize("O3")
#pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")
#endif
#include <atcoder/all>
using namespace atcoder;
//using mint = modint998244353;
//using mint = modint1000000007;
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
//#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
//#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
//using namespace __gnu_pbds;
//using i128 = __int128_t;
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using pii = pair<int, int>;
using pll = pair<long long, long long>;
#define rep(i, n) for(int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define SZ(x) ((int)(x).size())
constexpr char ln = '\n';
template<class T1, class T2> inline bool chmax(T1 &a, T2 b) {if (a < b) {a = b; return true;} return false;}
template<class T1, class T2> inline bool chmin(T1 &a, T2 b) {if (a > b) {a = b; return true;} return false;}
inline int topbit(int x) {return x == 0 ? -1 : 31-__builtin_clz(x);}
inline int topbit(long long x) {return x == 0 ? -1 : 63-__builtin_clzll(x);}
inline int botbit(int x) {return x == 0 ? 32 : __builtin_ctz(x);}
inline int botbit(long long x) {return x == 0 ? 64 : __builtin_ctzll(x);}
inline int popcount(int x) {return __builtin_popcount(x);}
inline int popcount(long long x) {return __builtin_popcountll(x);}
inline int kthbit(long long x, int k) {return (x>>k)&1;}
inline void print() {cout << "\n";}
template<class T>
inline void print(const vector<T> &v) {
    for (auto itr = v.begin(); itr != v.end(); ++itr) cout << *itr << " ";
    print();
}
template<class T, class... Args>
inline void print(const T &x, const Args &... args) {
    cout << x << " ";
    print(args...);
}
#ifdef MINATO_LOCAL
#define dump(x) cerr << __LINE__ << " : " << #x << " = " << (x) << endl;
inline void debug() {cerr << endl;}
template<class T>
inline void debug(const vector<T> &v) {
    for (auto itr = v.begin(); itr != v.end(); ++itr) cerr << *itr << " ";
    debug();
}
template<class T, class... Args>
inline void debug(const T &x, const Args &... args) {
    cerr << x << " ";
    debug(args...);
}
#else
#define dump(x) void(0)
inline void debug() {}
template<class T> inline void debug(const vector<T> &v) {}
template<class T, class... Args> inline void debug(const T &x, const Args &... args) {}
#endif
struct Fast_ios {Fast_ios() {cin.tie(nullptr); ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cout << fixed << setprecision(20);};} fast_ios;
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

template<typename T, typename F>
struct SegmentTree {
  private:
    F op;
    T e;
    int _n, size ,log;
    vector<T> node;

  public:
    SegmentTree() {}
    SegmentTree(const F& op, T e, int n) : SegmentTree(op, e, vector<T>(n, e)) {}
    SegmentTree(const F& op, T e, const vector<T>& v) : op(op), e(e), _n(int(v.size())), log(0) {
        while ((1<<log) < _n) log++;
        size = 1 << log;
        node = vector<T> (2 * size, e);
        for (int i = 0; i < _n; i++) node[size + i] = v[i];
        for (int i = size - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
            update(i);
        }
    }

    // (0-indexed)
    void set(int p, T x) {
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        p += size;
        node[p] = x;
        for (int i = 1; i <= log; i++) update(p >> i);
    }

    // [l, r) (0-indexed)
    T get(int l, int r) {
        if (l >= r) return e;
        T resl = e, resr = e;
        l += size; r += size;
        while (l < r) {
            if (l & 1) resl = op(resl, node[l++]);
            l >>= 1;
            if (r & 1) resr = op(node[--r], resr);
            r >>= 1;
        }
        return op(resl, resr);
    }

    T all_get() { return node[1]; }

    template <typename C> 
    int max_right(int l, const C& check) {
        assert(0 <= l && l <= _n);
        assert(check(e));
        if (l == _n) return _n;
        l += size;
        T sm = e;
        do {
            while (~l & 1) l >>= 1;
            if (!check(op(sm, node[l]))) {
                while (l < size) {
                    l = (2 * l);
                    if (check(op(sm, node[l]))) {
                        sm = op(sm, node[l]);
                        l++;
                    }
                }
                return l - size;
            }
            sm = op(sm, node[l]);
            l++;
        } while ((l & -l) != l);
        return _n;
    }

    template <typename C> 
    int min_left(int r, const C& check) {
        assert(0 <= r && r <= _n);
        assert(check(e));
        if (r == 0) return 0;
        r += size;
        T sm = e;
        do {
            r--;
            while (r > 1 && (r & 1)) r >>= 1;
            if (!check(op(node[r], sm))) {
                while (r < size) {
                    r = (2 * r + 1);
                    if (f(op(node[r], sm))) {
                        sm = op(node[r], sm);
                        r--;
                    }
                }
                return r + 1 - size;
            }
            sm = op(node[r], sm);
        } while ((r & -r) != r);
        return 0;
    }

    T operator[](int p) {
        assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
        return node[p + size];
    }

  private:

    void update(int k) { node[k] = op(node[2 * k], node[2 * k + 1]); }
};
const int MAX = 300000;
int main() {
    int N,K; cin >> N >> K;
    vector<int> A(N);
    rep(i,N) cin >> A[i];

    auto f=[](int a, int b) {return max(a,b);};
    const int e = 0;
    SegmentTree seg(f,e,MAX+1);
    rep(i,N) {
        int l = max(0,A[i]-K);
        int r = min(MAX,A[i]+K);
        seg.set(A[i],seg.get(l,r+1)+1);
    }

    cout << seg.all_get() << ln;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 9868