#ifdef __LOCAL
  #define _GLIBCXX_DEBUG
#endif
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
template<typename T> bool chmax(T &a,T b) {if(a<b) {a=b; return true;} return false;}
template<typename T> bool chmin(T &a,T b) {if(a>b) {a=b; return true;} return false;}
#define itn int
#define fi first
#define se second
#define intmax numeric_limits<int>::max()
#define llmax numeric_limits<ll>::max()
#define rep(i,n) for(int i=0;i<(int)(n);i++)
#define rep1(i,n) for(int i=1;i<=(int)(n);i++)
#define rrep(i,n) for(int i=(int)(n)-1;i>=0;i--)
#define rrep1(i,n) for(int i=(int)(n);i>=1;i--)
#define all(vec) vec.begin(),vec.end()
#define sortt(vec) sort((vec).begin(),(vec).end())
#define rsort(vec) sort((vec).rbegin(), (vec).rend())
typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<ll,ll> pll;
typedef pair<int,int> pii;
typedef tuple<ll,ll,ll> tlll;
typedef tuple<int,int,int> tiii;
const ll mod=1e9+7;
const int inf=1<<30;
const ll lnf=1ll<<60;

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;
}

}

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 op(int a, int b) { return max(a, b); }

int e() { return 0; }

itn max_n=3000010;

int main(){
  itn n,k; cin >> n >> k;
  segtree<int,op,e> seg(max_n);
  vector<int> a(n);
  rep(i,n){
    cin >> a[i];
    itn x=seg.prod(max(0,a[i]-k),min(a[i]+k+1,max_n));
    seg.set(a[i],x+1);
  }
  itn ans=seg.all_prod();
  cout << ans << endl;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 47892