#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <atcoder/segtree>
#define fi first
#define se second
#define rep(i,n) for(int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define rrep(i,n) for(int i = 1; i <= (n); ++i)
#define drep(i,n) for(int i = (n)-1; i >= 0; --i)
#define srep(i,s,t) for (int i = s; i < t; ++i)
#define rng(a) a.begin(),a.end()
#define rrng(a) a.rbegin(),a.rend()
#define maxs(x,y) (x = max(x,y))
#define mins(x,y) (x = min(x,y))
#define limit(x,l,r) max(l,min(x,r))
#define lims(x,l,r) (x = max(l,min(x,r)))
#define isin(x,l,r) ((l) <= (x) && (x) < (r))
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define sz(x) (int)(x).size()
#define pcnt __builtin_popcountll
#define uni(x) x.erase(unique(rng(x)),x.end())
#define show(x) cout<<#x<<" = "<<x<<endl;
#define print(x)cout<<x<<endl;
#define PQ(T) priority_queue<T,v(T),greater<T> >
#define bn(x) ((1<<x)-1)
#define dup(x,y) (((x)+(y)-1)/(y))
#define newline puts("")
#define v(T) vector<T>
#define vv(T) v(v(T))
using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;
typedef long long int ll;
typedef unsigned uint;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef pair<int,int> P;
typedef tuple<int,int,int> T;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef vector<ll> vl;
typedef vector<P> vp;
typedef vector<T> vt;

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

ll e(){
  return (ll)(0);
}

int main() {
  ll n,k;
  cin >> n >> k;
  segtree<ll,op,e> t(603030);
  vl a(n);
  rep(i,n)cin >> a[i];
  ll ans = 0;
  rep(i,n){
    ll l = max(0LL,a[i]-k), r = min(n,a[i]+k);
    ll x = t.prod(l,r+1);
    t.set(a[i],x+1);
    maxs(ans,x+1);
  }
  print(ans);
  return 0;
}