#include <atcoder/segtree>
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;
using lint = long long;
constexpr lint mod = 998244353;
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define bitcount(n) __builtin_popcountl((lint)(n))
#define fcout cout << fixed << setprecision(15)
#define highest(x) (63 - __builtin_clzl(x))
#define rep(i, n) for(int i = 0; i < int(n); i++)
#define rep2(i, l, r) for(int i = int(l); i < int(r); i++)
#define repr(i, n) for(int i = int(n) - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define repr2(i, l, r) for(int i = int(r) - 1; i >= int(l); i--)
#define SZ(x) int(x.size())
constexpr int inf9 = 1e9; constexpr lint inf18 = 1e18;
inline void YES(bool condition){ if(condition) cout << "YES" << endl; else cout << "NO" << endl; }
inline void Yes(bool condition){ if(condition) cout << "Yes" << endl; else cout << "No" << endl; }
inline void assertNO(bool condition){ if(!condition){ cout << "NO" << endl; exit(0); } }
inline void assertNo(bool condition){ if(!condition){ cout << "No" << endl; exit(0); } }
inline void assertm1(bool condition){ if(!condition){ cout << -1 << endl; exit(0); } }
lint power(lint base, lint exponent, lint module){ if(exponent % 2){ return power(base, exponent - 1, module) * base % module; }else if(exponent){ lint root_ans = power(base, exponent / 2, module); return root_ans * root_ans % module; }else{ return 1; }}
struct position{ int y, x; }; position mv[4] = {{0, -1}, {1, 0}, {0, 1}, {-1, 0}}; double euclidean(position first, position second){ return sqrt((second.x - first.x) * (second.x - first.x) + (second.y - first.y) * (second.y - first.y)); }
template<class T, class U> string to_string(pair<T, U> x){ return to_string(x.first) + "," + to_string(x.second); } string to_string(string x){ return x; }
template<class T> string to_string(complex<T> x){ return to_string(make_pair(x.real(), x.imag())); }
template<class itr> void array_output(itr start, itr goal){ string ans; for(auto i = start; i != goal; i++) cout << (i == start ? "" : " ") << (*i); if(!ans.empty()) ans.pop_back(); cout << ans << endl; }
template<class itr> void cins(itr first, itr last){ for(auto i = first; i != last; i++){ cin >> (*i); } }
template<class T> T gcd(T a, T b){ if(b) return gcd(b, a % b); else return a; }
template<class T> T lcm(T a, T b){ return a / gcd(a, b) * b; }
struct combination{ vector<lint> fact, inv; combination(int sz) : fact(sz + 1), inv(sz + 1){ fact[0] = 1; for(int i = 1; i <= sz; i++){ fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i % mod; } inv[sz] = power(fact[sz], mod - 2, mod); for(int i = sz - 1; i >= 0; i--){ inv[i] = inv[i + 1] * (i + 1) % mod; } } lint P(int n, int r){ if(r < 0 || n < r) return 0; return (fact[n] * inv[n - r] % mod); } lint C(int p, int q){ if(q < 0 || p < q) return 0; return (fact[p] * inv[q] % mod * inv[p - q] % mod); } };
template<class itr> bool next_sequence(itr first, itr last, int max_bound){ itr now = last; while(now != first){ now--; (*now)++; if((*now) == max_bound){ (*now) = 0; }else{ return true; } } return false; }
template<class itr, class itr2> bool next_sequence2(itr first, itr last, itr2 first2, itr2 last2){ itr now = last; itr2 now2 = last2; while(now != first){ now--, now2--; (*now)++; if((*now) == (*now2)){ (*now) = 0; }else{ return true; } } return false; }
template<class T> bool chmax(T &a, const T &b){ if(a < b){ a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T> bool chmin(T &a, const T &b){ if(b < a){ a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
inline int at(lint i, int j){ return (i >> j) & 1; }
random_device rnd;
bool is_in_board(lint y, lint x, lint H, lint W){ return (0 <= y && y < H && 0 <= x && x < W); }

template< typename Monoid >
struct SegmentTree
{
  using F = function< Monoid(Monoid, Monoid) >;
 
  int sz;
  vector< Monoid > seg;
 
  const F f;
  const Monoid M1;
 
  SegmentTree(int n, const F f, const Monoid &M1) : f(f), 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;
    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);
  }
 
  Monoid operator[](const int &k) const
  {
    return seg[k + sz];
  }
};

int op(int a, int b){ return max(a, b); }
int e(){ return 0; }

int main(){
    int N, K;
    cin >> N >> K;
    int A[N];
    vector<pair<int, int>> A_sort(N);
    cins(A, A + N);
    rep(i, N){
        A_sort[i] = {A[i], i};
    }
    sort(all(A_sort));
    int A_inv[N];
    rep(i, N){
        A_inv[A_sort[i].second] = i;
    }
    segtree<int, op, e> seg(N);
    repr(i, N){
        int l = int(lower_bound(all(A_sort), make_pair(A[i] - K, -1)) - A_sort.begin());
        int r = int(lower_bound(all(A_sort), make_pair(A[i] + K, inf9)) - A_sort.begin());
        seg.set(A_inv[i], seg.prod(l, r) + 1);
    }
    cout << seg.get(A_inv[0]) << endl;
}

