/* winners never quit and quitters never win.
      #swap                                 */
      
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp> 
using namespace std;
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
#pragma GCC optimize ("-O3")
using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
const ll mod = 1000000007;
const ll inf = 1000000000000000000;
const ll rk = 256;
const ld PI = 3.141592653589793;

typedef tree<
int,
null_type,
less<int>,
rb_tree_tag,
tree_order_statistics_node_update>
ordered_set;

template <typename T>
void make_unique(vector<T>& vec) {
  sort(all(vec));
  vec.erase(unique(all(vec)), vec.end());
}

#define endl '\n'
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define vc vector
#define fs first
#define sec second
#define pq priority_queue
#define lb lower_bound
#define ub upper_bound
#define pll pair<ll,ll> 
#define pls pair<ll,string>
#define psl pair<string,ll>
#define plc pair<ll,char>
#define pcl pair<char,ll>
#define pss pair<string,string>
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define tol(s) transform(s.begin(),s.end(),s.begin(),::tolower);
#define tou(s) transform(s.begin(),s.end(),s.begin(),::toupper);
#define printclock cerr<<"Time : "<<1000*(ld)clock()/(ld)CLOCKS_PER_SEC<<"ms\n";

#define error(args...) { string _s = #args; replace(_s.begin(), _s.end(), ',', ' '); stringstream _ss(_s); istream_iterator<string> _it(_ss); err(_it, args); }

void err(istream_iterator<string> it) {}
template<typename T, typename... Args>
void err(istream_iterator<string> it, T a, Args... args) {
	cerr << *it << " = " << a << endl;
	err(++it, args...);
}

#define rep(i, begin, end) for (__typeof(end) i = (begin) - ((begin) > (end)); i != (end) - ((begin) > (end)); i += 1 - 2 * ((begin) > (end)))
#define T ll t=0;cin>>t;for(ll test=0;test<t;test++)

mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());


ll nxt() {
    ll TemporaryVariable;
    cin >> TemporaryVariable;
    return TemporaryVariable;
}

struct custom_hash {
    static uint64_t splitmix64(uint64_t x) {
        // http://xorshift.di.unimi.it/splitmix64.c
        x += 0x9e3779b97f4a7c15;
        x = (x ^ (x >> 30)) * 0xbf58476d1ce4e5b9;
        x = (x ^ (x >> 27)) * 0x94d049bb133111eb;
        return x ^ (x >> 31);
    }

    size_t operator()(uint64_t x) const {
        static const uint64_t FIXED_RANDOM = chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count();
        return splitmix64(x + FIXED_RANDOM);
    }
};

ll seg[1200010];
vc<ll> v;
ll val;

void update(ll qlow,ll qhigh,ll low,ll high,ll pos)
{
    if(low>high)
        return;

    if(qlow>high or qhigh<low)
        return;
    if(qlow<=low and qhigh>=high)
    {
        seg[pos]=val;
        return;
    }
    ll mid=(low+high)/2;
    update(qlow,qhigh,low,mid,2*pos+1);
    update(qlow,qhigh,mid+1,high,2*pos+2);
    seg[pos]=max(seg[2*pos+1],seg[2*pos+2]);
}

ll query(ll qlow,ll qhigh,ll low,ll high,ll pos)
{
    if(low>high)
        return 0;

    if(qlow>high or qhigh<low)
        return 0;
    if(qlow<=low and qhigh>=high)
    {
        return seg[pos];
    }
    ll mid=(low+high)/2;
    return max(query(qlow,qhigh,low,mid,2*pos+1),query(qlow,qhigh,mid+1,high,2*pos+2));
}


 
int32_t main() {
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);
	//isprime();
	//coeff();
	/*freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
    freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);*/
    /*rlimit rlim;
    if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &rlim)) return 1;
    rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max;
    if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &rlim)) return 2;*/
    ll n=nxt(),k=nxt();
    rep(a,0,n)
    {
        ll b=nxt();
        val=1;
        ll l=max(0*1LL,b-k);
        ll r=min(300000*1LL,b+k);
        val=max(val,query(l,r,0,300000*1LL,0)+1);
        //cout<<b<<" "<<l<<" "<<r<<" "<<query(l,r,0,30000,0)<<endl;
        update(b,b,0,300000,0);
    }
    ll ans=0;
    rep(a,0,300001)
        ans=max(ans,query(a,a,0,300000,0));
    cout<<ans<<endl;
	printclock;
	return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 12004