#[allow(unused_imports)]
use itertools::Itertools;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use num::*;
use proconio::input;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use proconio::marker::*;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::*;

pub trait Monoid {
    fn mempty() -> Self;
    fn mappend(&self, other: &Self) -> Self;
}
pub struct SegmentTree<T>
where
    T: Monoid + Clone,
{
    size: usize,
    data: Vec<T>,
}
impl<T> SegmentTree<T>
where
    T: Monoid + Clone,
{
    pub fn new(size: usize) -> Self {
        let size = Self::normalize_data_size(size);
        let data = vec![T::mempty(); size * 2 - 1];
        Self { size, data }
    }
    pub fn from_slice(values: &[T]) -> Self {
        let mut st = SegmentTree::new(values.len());
        for (i, v) in values.into_iter().enumerate() {
            st.data[i + st.size - 1] = v.clone();
        }
        if st.size < 2 {
            return st;
        }
        for i in (0..=(st.size - 2)).rev() {
            st.data[i] = st.data[i * 2 + 1].mappend(&st.data[i * 2 + 2]);
        }
        st
    }
    /// 0-origin
    pub fn update(&mut self, i: usize, v: T) {
        let mut i = i + self.size - 1;
        self.data[i] = v;
        while i > 0 {
            i = (i - 1) / 2;
            self.data[i] = self.data[i * 2 + 1].mappend(&self.data[i * 2 + 2]);
        }
    }
    /// [a, b)
    /// 0-origin
    pub fn query(&self, a: usize, b: usize) -> T {
        self.execute_query(a, b, 0, 0, self.size)
    }
    fn normalize_data_size(size: usize) -> usize {
        let mut n = 1;
        while n < size {
            n *= 2;
        }
        n
    }
    fn execute_query(&self, a: usize, b: usize, i: usize, l: usize, r: usize) -> T {
        if r <= a || b <= l {
            return T::mempty();
        }
        if a <= l && r <= b {
            return self.data[i].clone();
        }
        let vl = self.execute_query(a, b, i * 2 + 1, l, (l + r) / 2);
        let vr = self.execute_query(a, b, i * 2 + 2, (l + r) / 2, r);
        vl.mappend(&vr)
    }
}

impl Monoid for usize {
    fn mempty() -> Self {
        0
    }
    fn mappend(&self, other: &Self) -> Self {
        *self.max(other)
    }
}

fn solve() {
    input! {
        n: usize, k: i64,
        av: [i64; n]
    };

    let mut st: SegmentTree<usize> = SegmentTree::new(n + 2);
    let mut res = 0;
    for a in av {
        let l = (a - k).max(0) as usize;
        let r = (a + k).min(n as i64) as usize;
        let c = st.query(l, r + 1) + 1;
        if c > res {
            res = c;
        }
        st.update(a as usize, c);
    }
    println!("{}", res);
}

fn main() {
    std::thread::Builder::new()
        .name("big stack size".into())
        .stack_size(256 * 1024 * 1024)
        .spawn(|| {
            solve();
        })
        .unwrap()
        .join()
        .unwrap();
}
