#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <numeric>
#include <algorithm>
#include <climits>

constexpr int SINT_MAX = std::numeric_limits<int>::max();
constexpr int SINT_MIN = std::numeric_limits<int>::min();

using namespace std;
using vi = vector<int>;
using vvi = vector<vi>;
using ll = long long;
using vll = vector<ll>;
using vvll = vector<vll>;

template<class T>
T choose(bool b, T t, T f)
{
    if (b) return t;
    else return f;    
}

const char *YesNo(bool b)
{
    return choose(b, "Yes", "No");
}

const char *YESNO(bool b)
{
    return choose(b, "YES", "NO");
}

template<class NumT>
NumT diffabs(NumT l, NumT r)
{
    if (l < r) return r-l;
    else return l-r;    
}

struct myinout_t {} io;

template<class T>
myinout_t &operator >>(myinout_t &my, T &i)
{
    cin >> i;
    return my;
}

myinout_t &operator >>(myinout_t &my, int &i)
{
    int r = scanf("%d", &i);
    if (r != 1) exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    return my;
}

myinout_t &operator >>(myinout_t &my, ll &i)
{
    int r = scanf("%lld", &i);
    if (r != 1) exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    return my;
}

template<class T>
myinout_t &operator <<(myinout_t &my, const T &i)
{
    cout << i;
    return my;
}

myinout_t &operator <<(myinout_t &my, int i)
{
    printf("%d", i);
    return my;
}

myinout_t &operator <<(myinout_t &my, ll i)
{
    printf("%lld", i);
    return my;
}

myinout_t &operator <<(myinout_t &my, double i)
{
    printf("%.20f", i);
    return my;
}

constexpr char BR = '\n';


///////////////////////////////////////////////////
#include <atcoder/segtree>

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

int e()
{
    return 0;
}

int main()
{
    int N, K;
    io >> N >> K;
    vi A(N);

    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        io >> A[i];

    int ST_SIZE = 300004;
    atcoder::segtree<int, op, e>  B(ST_SIZE);
    vi dp(N, 0);

    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
    {
        int l = max(0, A[i] - K);
        int r = min(ST_SIZE, A[i] + K + 1);
        dp[i] = B.prod(l, r) + 1;

        B.set(A[i], dp[i]);
    }

    io << dp[N-1] << BR;
}