#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ull = unsigned long long;
template <class T>
inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}
template <class T>
inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) {
  if (a > b) {
    a = b;
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}
template <typename T>
T gcd(T a, T b) {
  a = abs(a), b = abs(b);
  while (b > 0) {
    tie(a, b) = make_pair(b, a % b);
  }
  return a;
}
constexpr long long INF = 1LL << 60;
constexpr int inf = 1000000007;
constexpr long long mod = 998244353;
constexpr int MAX = 5000000;
int f(int a, int b) { return max(a, b); }
template <typename Monoid>
struct SegmentTree {
  int sz;
  vector<Monoid> seg;
  const Monoid M1;
  SegmentTree(int n, const Monoid& M1) : 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;
    if (a >= b) return 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);
  }
};
int main() {
  cin.tie(nullptr);
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
  int n, k;
  cin >> n >> k;
  vector<int> a(n);
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) cin >> a[i];
  vector<int> dp(n + 1);
  SegmentTree<int> seg(MAX, -inf);
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    {
      int req = max(a[i] - k, 0);
      int idx = seg.query(req, a[i] + 1);
      if (idx >= 0) chmax(dp[i + 1], dp[idx + 1] + 1);
    }
    {
      int req = a[i] + k;
      int idx = seg.query(a[i], req + 1);
      if (idx >= 0) chmax(dp[i + 1], dp[idx + 1] + 1);
    }
    chmax(dp[i + 1], 1);
    seg.update(a[i], i);
  }
  cout << dp[n] << endl;
  return 0;
}
