#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <deque>
#include <algorithm>
#include <numeric>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>
#include <list>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <tuple>
#include <cmath>
#include <limits>
#include <type_traits>
#include <iomanip>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <queue>
#include <stack>
#include <set>
#include <bitset>
#include <complex>
#include <regex>
#include <random>
#include <cassert>
using namespace std;

#define rep(i,n)	for(lint i = 0; i < n; i++)
#define repr(i,n)	for(lint i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define repi(i,ini,n)	for(lint i = ini; i < n; i++)
#define repir(i,ini,n)	for(lint i = n-1; i >= ini; i--)
#define repb(i,start,end)	for(lint i = start; i <= end; i++)
#define repbr(i,start,end)	for(lint i = end; i >= start; i--)

#define bit(n)				(1LL << (n))

#define all(v) v.begin(),v.end()
#define rall(v) v.rbegin(),v.rend()
#define rg(v, ini, end) v.begin() + ini, v.begin()+end

#define ret return 0;
#define chmax(a, b) a=max(a,b)
#define chmin(a, b) a=min(a,b)

using lint = long long;
using ulint = unsigned long long;
using ld = long double;
struct xy {
	lint x, y;
	xy() :x(0), y(0) {}
	xy(lint _x, lint _y) : x(_x), y(_y) {}
	xy operator+(const xy& p) const { return xy(x + p.x, y + p.y); }
	bool operator<(xy p) const { return y == p.y ? x < p.x : y < p.y; }
	bool operator==(xy p) const { return y == p.y && x == p.x; }
};
struct xyd {
	ld x, y;
	xyd() :x(0), y(0) {}
	xyd(long double _x, long double _y) : x(_x), y(_y) {}
};
using vec = vector<lint>;
using vecd = vector<ld>;
using vecs = vector<string>;
using vecp = vector<xy>;
template<class T> using vect = vector<T>;
class vec2 : public vector<vector<lint>>
{
public:
	vec2() {}
	vec2(lint n) : vector(n) {}
	vec2(lint h, lint w) : vector(h, vector<lint>(w)) {}
	vec2(lint h, lint w, lint v) : vector(h, vector<lint>(w, v)) {}
};

template<class T> using priq = priority_queue<T>;
template<class T> using rpriq = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;
template<class Key, class Val> using hashmap = unordered_map<Key, Val>;
template<class Key> using hashset = unordered_set<Key>;

template<class It>
constexpr typename It::value_type rmax(It begin, It end) {
	return *max_element(begin, end);
}

template<class T1, class T2>
constexpr auto mmax(T1 arg1, T2 arg2) {
	using T = decltype(arg1 + arg2);
	return max(T(arg1), T(arg2));
}

template<class T, class ...Types>
constexpr auto mmax(T arg0, Types ...args) {
	return mmax(arg0, mmax(args...));
}

template<class It>
constexpr typename It::value_type rmin(It begin, It end) {
	return *min_element(begin, end);
}

template<class T1, class T2>
constexpr auto mmin(T1 arg1, T2 arg2) {
	using T = decltype(arg1 + arg2);
	return min(T(arg1), T(arg2));
}

template<class T, class ...Types>
constexpr auto mmin(T arg0, Types ...args) {
	return mmin(arg0, mmin(args...));
}

mt19937 mtrand((random_device())());

const double pi = 3.141592653589793238462;
const lint intmax = 9223372036854775807;
const lint inf = 1100100100100100100LL;

constexpr lint div2(lint p, lint q) {
	return (p + q - 1) / q;
}

#if(__cplusplus < 201703L)
lint gcd(lint a, lint b) {
	while (1) {
		if (a < b) swap(a, b);
		if (!b) break;
		a %= b;
	}
	return a;
}
lint lcm(lint a, lint b) {
	return a / gcd(a, b) * b;
}
#endif

template<class T>
struct nval {
	lint n;		// counts
	T val;
	nval() : n(0) {};
	nval(lint _n, T _val) : n(_n), val(_val) {};
};

template<class It, class It2>
auto spacel(It i, It2 end) {
	return i + 1 == end ? '\n' : ' ';
}

template<class It, class T = typename It::value_type> T acc(It begin, It end) { return accumulate(begin, end, 0); }

ostream& setp(ostream& ost) {
	cout << setprecision(60) << fixed;
	return ost;
}

//const ulint mod = 1000000007;
const ulint mod = 998244353;
const ld eps = 0.0000001;

#include <atcoder/lazysegtree.hpp>

using namespace atcoder;

struct mint
{
	lint n;
	mint() :n(0) {}
	mint(lint a) { n = (a < 0) ? (mod - ((-a) % mod)) : (a % mod); }
	mint& operator+=(mint a) { (n += a.n) %= mod;			return *this; }
	mint& operator-=(mint a) { ((n += mod) -= a.n) %= mod;	return *this; }
	mint& operator*=(mint a) { (n *= a.n) %= mod;			return *this; }
	mint& operator%=(mint a) { n %= a.n;					return *this; }
	mint& operator++() { (n += 1) %= mod;				return *this; }
	mint& operator--() { (n += (mod - 1)) %= mod;		return *this; }
};

mint operator+(mint a, mint b) { return a += b; }
mint operator-(mint a, mint b) { return a -= b; }
mint operator*(mint a, mint b) { return a *= b; }
mint operator-(mint a) { a = mod - a; return a; }

vector<mint> invtbl, finvtbl, facttbl;

mint factMod(lint n) {
	if (n == 0) { return 1; }
	mint ans = 1;
	while (n > 1) { ans *= n; n--; }
	return ans;
}
mint powMod(mint x, lint y) {
	if (x.n <= 1) { return x; }
	mint tmp = y > 1 ? powMod(x, y / 2) : 1;
	return tmp * tmp * ((y % 2 == 0) ? 1 : (x));
}
mint modinv(mint n) { return powMod(n, mod - 2); }
void preCalcInv(lint up) {
	invtbl.resize(up + 1);	invtbl[1] = 1;
	repb(a, 2, up)
		invtbl[a] = invtbl[a] = mod - invtbl[mod % a] * (mod / a);
}

mint& operator/=(mint& a, mint b) { a *= (b.n < invtbl.size()) ? invtbl[b.n] : modinv(b); return a; }
mint operator/(mint a, mint b) { return a /= b; }

template<class T>
struct SegTree
{
	lint n;
	vector<T> t;
	T neutral;

	SegTree(lint _n, const T& _neutral) : neutral(_neutral)
	{
		n = 1;
		while (n < _n)
		{
			n *= 2;
		}
		rep(i, n)
		{
			t.resize(2 * n, neutral);
		}
	}

	using funcT = T(T val1, T val2);
	funcT* un;

	void update(lint i, const T& val)
	{
		i += n - 1;
		t[i] = val;
		while (i > 0)
		{
			i = (i - 1) / 2;
			t[i] = un(t[i * 2 + 1], t[i * 2 + 2]);
		}
	}

	T query_impl(lint a, lint b, lint k, lint l, lint r)
	{
		if (r <= a || b <= l)
			return neutral;
		if (a <= l && r <= b)
			return t[k];
		else
		{
			const T c1 = query_impl(a, b, 2 * k + 1, l, (l + r) / 2);
			const T c2 = query_impl(a, b, 2 * k + 2, (l + r) / 2, r);
			return un(c1, c2);
		}
	}

	T query(lint l, lint r)
	{
		return query_impl(l, r, 0, 0, n);
	}

};

int solve() {
	lint n, k;
	cin >> n >> k;
	vec a(n);
	rep(i, n)
		cin >> a[i];

	SegTree<lint> l(3000010, 0);
	l.un = [](lint a, lint b) {return mmax(a, b); };

	rep(i, n)
	{
		l.update(a[i], l.query(mmax(0, a[i] - k), mmin(3000005, a[i] + k + 1)) + 1);
	}


	cout << l.query(0, n) << endl;
	
	ret;
}

int main()
{
	lint _ = 1;
	//cin >> _;
	rep(i, _)
		solve();
	return 0;
}
