#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const int mod = 998244353;
long long gcd(long long a, long long b) {
  long long c = a % b;
  while (c != 0) {
    a = b;
    b = c;
    c = a % b;
  }
  return b;
}
long long extGCD(long long a, long long b, long long &x, long long &y) {
  if (b == 0) {
    x = 1;
    y = 0;
    return a;
  }
  long long d = extGCD(b, a % b, y, x);
  y -= a / b * x;
  return d;
}
struct UnionFind {
  vector<long long> data;
  UnionFind(int sz) { data.assign(sz, -1); }
  bool unite(int x, int y) {
    x = find(x), y = find(y);
    if (x == y) return (false);
    if (data[x] > data[y]) swap(x, y);
    data[x] += data[y];
    data[y] = x;
    return (true);
  }
  int find(int k) {
    if (data[k] < 0) return (k);
    return (data[k] = find(data[k]));
  }
  long long size(int k) { return (-data[find(k)]); }
};
long long M = 1000000007;
vector<long long> fac(2000011);
vector<long long> ifac(2000011);
long long mpow(long long x, long long n) {
  long long ans = 1;
  while (n != 0) {
    if (n & 1) ans = ans * x % M;
    x = x * x % M;
    n = n >> 1;
  }
  return ans;
}
long long mpow2(long long x, long long n, long long mod) {
  long long ans = 1;
  while (n != 0) {
    if (n & 1) ans = ans * x % mod;
    x = x * x % mod;
    n = n >> 1;
  }
  return ans;
}
void setcomb() {
  fac[0] = 1;
  ifac[0] = 1;
  for (long long i = 0; i < 2000010; i++) {
    fac[i + 1] = fac[i] * (i + 1) % M;
  }
  ifac[2000010] = mpow(fac[2000010], M - 2);
  for (long long i = 2000010; i > 0; i--) {
    ifac[i - 1] = ifac[i] * i % M;
  }
}
long long comb(long long a, long long b) {
  if (a == 0 && b == 0) return 1;
  if (a < b || a < 0) return 0;
  long long tmp = ifac[a - b] * ifac[b] % M;
  return tmp * fac[a] % M;
}
long long perm(long long a, long long b) {
  if (a == 0 && b == 0) return 1;
  if (a < b || a < 0) return 0;
  return fac[a] * ifac[a - b] % M;
}
long long modinv(long long a) {
  long long b = M, u = 1, v = 0;
  while (b) {
    long long t = a / b;
    a -= t * b;
    swap(a, b);
    u -= t * v;
    swap(u, v);
  }
  u %= M;
  if (u < 0) u += M;
  return u;
}
long long modinv2(long long a, long long mod) {
  long long b = mod, u = 1, v = 0;
  while (b) {
    long long t = a / b;
    a -= t * b;
    swap(a, b);
    u -= t * v;
    swap(u, v);
  }
  u %= mod;
  if (u < 0) u += mod;
  return u;
}
template <int mod>
struct ModInt {
  int x;
  ModInt() : x(0) {}
  ModInt(int64_t y) : x(y >= 0 ? y % mod : (mod - (-y) % mod) % mod) {}
  ModInt &operator+=(const ModInt &p) {
    if ((x += p.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
    return *this;
  }
  ModInt &operator-=(const ModInt &p) {
    if ((x += mod - p.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
    return *this;
  }
  ModInt &operator*=(const ModInt &p) {
    x = (int)(1LL * x * p.x % mod);
    return *this;
  }
  ModInt &operator/=(const ModInt &p) {
    *this *= p.inverse();
    return *this;
  }
  ModInt operator-() const { return ModInt(-x); }
  ModInt operator+(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) += p; }
  ModInt operator-(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) -= p; }
  ModInt operator*(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) *= p; }
  ModInt operator/(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) /= p; }
  bool operator==(const ModInt &p) const { return x == p.x; }
  bool operator!=(const ModInt &p) const { return x != p.x; }
  ModInt inverse() const {
    int a = x, b = mod, u = 1, v = 0, t;
    while (b > 0) {
      t = a / b;
      swap(a -= t * b, b);
      swap(u -= t * v, v);
    }
    return ModInt(u);
  }
  ModInt pow(int64_t n) const {
    ModInt ret(1), mul(x);
    while (n > 0) {
      if (n & 1) ret *= mul;
      mul *= mul;
      n >>= 1;
    }
    return ret;
  }
  friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const ModInt &p) { return os << p.x; }
  friend istream &operator>>(istream &is, ModInt &a) {
    int64_t t;
    is >> t;
    a = ModInt<mod>(t);
    return (is);
  }
  static int get_mod() { return mod; }
};
using mint = ModInt<mod>;
vector<vector<mint>> mul(vector<vector<mint>> a, vector<vector<mint>> b) {
  int i, j, k;
  mint t;
  int n = a.size(), m = b[0].size(), l = a[0].size();
  vector<vector<mint>> c(n, vector<mint>(m));
  for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    for (j = 0; j < m; j++) {
      t = 0;
      for (k = 0; k < l; k++) t += a[i][k] * b[k][j];
      c[i][j] = t;
    }
  }
  return c;
}
vector<vector<mint>> mat_pow(vector<vector<mint>> x, long long n) {
  long long k = x.size();
  vector<vector<mint>> ans(k, vector<mint>(k, 0));
  for (int i = 0; i < k; i++) ans[i][i] = 1;
  while (n != 0) {
    if (n & 1) ans = mul(ans, x);
    x = mul(x, x);
    n = n >> 1;
  }
  return ans;
}
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]; }
  template <typename C>
  int find_subtree(int a, const C &check, Monoid &M, bool type) {
    while (a < sz) {
      Monoid nxt = type ? f(seg[2 * a + type], M) : f(M, seg[2 * a + type]);
      if (check(nxt))
        a = 2 * a + type;
      else
        M = nxt, a = 2 * a + 1 - type;
    }
    return a - sz;
  }
  template <typename C>
  int find_first(int a, const C &check) {
    Monoid L = M1;
    if (a <= 0) {
      if (check(f(L, seg[1]))) return find_subtree(1, check, L, false);
      return -1;
    }
    int b = sz;
    for (a += sz, b += sz; a < b; a >>= 1, b >>= 1) {
      if (a & 1) {
        Monoid nxt = f(L, seg[a]);
        if (check(nxt)) return find_subtree(a, check, L, false);
        L = nxt;
        ++a;
      }
    }
    return -1;
  }
  template <typename C>
  int find_last(int b, const C &check) {
    Monoid R = M1;
    if (b >= sz) {
      if (check(f(seg[1], R))) return find_subtree(1, check, R, true);
      return -1;
    }
    int a = sz;
    for (b += sz; a < b; a >>= 1, b >>= 1) {
      if (b & 1) {
        Monoid nxt = f(seg[--b], R);
        if (check(nxt)) return find_subtree(b, check, R, true);
        R = nxt;
      }
    }
    return -1;
  }
};
int main() {
  long long n, k, a;
  cin >> n >> k;
  SegmentTree<long long> seg(
      300001, [](long long a, long long b) { return max(a, b); }, 0);
  for (long long i = 0; i < (n); i++) {
    cin >> a;
    a--;
    seg.update(a, seg.query(a - k, a + k + 1) + 1);
  }
  long long ans = 0;
  cout << seg.query(0, 300001) << endl;
}
