#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
#define mod ((int)1e9+7)
#define lim 1000000000000000007
#define lim1 18446744073709551615  //Unsigned
#define sq(a) ((a)*(a))
#define all(v) v.begin(),v.end()
#define rall(v) v.rbegin(),v.rend()
#define mms(v,i) memset(v,i,sizeof(v))
#define pb push_back
#define pf push_front
#define ppb pop_back
#define ppf pop_front
#define REP(i,a,b) for (int i = a; i <= b; i++)
#define REPN(i,a,b) for (int i = a; i >= b; i--)
using namespace std;
typedef long long int ll;
typedef unsigned long long int ull;
typedef pair<int,int> pi;
typedef pair<ll,ll> PL;
typedef pair<ll,int> PLI;
typedef pair<int,ll> PIL;
typedef pair<int,pair<int,int> > pii;
typedef pair<double,double> pdd;
typedef tree<int,null_type,less<int>,rb_tree_tag,tree_order_statistics_node_update> indexed_set;
ll power(ll a,ll b) {
   ll res=1;
   while(b){
      if(b%2==1) res=(res*a)%mod;
      a=(a*a)%mod;
      b>>=1;
   }
   return res;
}
ll gcdll(ll a,ll b) {
    if (b==0) return a;
    return gcdll(b,a%b);
}
int gcd(int a,int b) {
    if (b==0) return a;
    return gcd(b,a%b);
}

struct custom_hash {
    static uint64_t splitmix64(uint64_t x) {
        // http://xorshift.di.unimi.it/splitmix64.c
        x += 0x9e3779b97f4a7c15;
        x = (x ^ (x >> 30)) * 0xbf58476d1ce4e5b9;
        x = (x ^ (x >> 27)) * 0x94d049bb133111eb;
        return x ^ (x >> 31);
    }

    size_t operator()(uint64_t x) const {
        static const uint64_t FIXED_RANDOM = chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count();
        return splitmix64(x + FIXED_RANDOM);
    }
};

const int N = (int)3e5+5;
const int M = (int)3e3+5;
const int Q = 301;
const int logN = 19;

int st[N<<2];
void update(int i,int val) {
  st[i] = val;
  for(i>>=1;i>0;i>>=1) {
    st[i] = max(st[i<<1],st[i<<1|1]);
  }
}
int max_range(int l, int r) {
  int ret = 0;
  for(;l<r;l>>=1,r>>=1) {
    if(l&1) ret = max(ret,st[l++]);
    if(r&1) ret = max(ret,st[--r]);
  }
  return ret;
}
void solve() {
  int n,k;
  cin>>n>>k;
  vector<int> a(n);
  int ans = 1;
  REP(i,0,n-1) {
    cin>>a[i];
    int len = 1 + max_range(a[i]+N*2-k,a[i]+N*2+k+1);
    ans = max(ans,len);
    update(a[i]+2*N,len);
  }
  cout<<ans;
}
int main() {
    //freopen("output.txt","r",stdin);
    //freopen("output.txt","w",stdout);

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);
    cout.tie(0);

    int T=1;
    // cin>>T;
    REP(TC,1,T) {
        //cout<<"Case #"<<TC<<": ";
        solve();
        cout<<"\n";
    }
}
