#include <bits/stdc++.h>
template <class T>
inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
template <class T>
inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) {
  if (a > b) {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
const ll INF = 1LL << 60;
const ll mod = 1e9 + 7;
const ll mod2 = 998244353;
using namespace std;
ll gcd(ll a, ll b) { return b ? gcd(b, a % b) : a; }
int ceil_pow2(int n) {
  int x = 0;
  while ((1U << x) < (unsigned int)(n)) x++;
  return x;
}
template <class S, S (*op)(S, S), S (*e)(), class F, S (*mapping)(F, S),
          F (*composition)(F, F), F (*id)()>
struct lazy_segtree {
 public:
  lazy_segtree() : lazy_segtree(0) {}
  lazy_segtree(int n) : lazy_segtree(std::vector<S>(n, e())) {}
  lazy_segtree(const std::vector<S>& v) : _n(int(v.size())) {
    log = ceil_pow2(_n);
    size = 1 << log;
    d = std::vector<S>(2 * size, e());
    lz = std::vector<F>(size, id());
    for (int i = 0; i < _n; i++) d[size + i] = v[i];
    for (int i = size - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
      update(i);
    }
  }
  void set(int p, S x) {
    assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
    p += size;
    for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) push(p >> i);
    d[p] = x;
    for (int i = 1; i <= log; i++) update(p >> i);
  }
  S get(int p) {
    assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
    p += size;
    for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) push(p >> i);
    return d[p];
  }
  S prod(int l, int r) {
    assert(0 <= l && l <= r && r <= _n);
    if (l == r) return e();
    l += size;
    r += size;
    for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) {
      if (((l >> i) << i) != l) push(l >> i);
      if (((r >> i) << i) != r) push(r >> i);
    }
    S sml = e(), smr = e();
    while (l < r) {
      if (l & 1) sml = op(sml, d[l++]);
      if (r & 1) smr = op(d[--r], smr);
      l >>= 1;
      r >>= 1;
    }
    return op(sml, smr);
  }
  S all_prod() { return d[1]; }
  void apply(int p, F f) {
    assert(0 <= p && p < _n);
    p += size;
    for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) push(p >> i);
    d[p] = mapping(f, d[p]);
    for (int i = 1; i <= log; i++) update(p >> i);
  }
  void apply(int l, int r, F f) {
    assert(0 <= l && l <= r && r <= _n);
    if (l == r) return;
    l += size;
    r += size;
    for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) {
      if (((l >> i) << i) != l) push(l >> i);
      if (((r >> i) << i) != r) push((r - 1) >> i);
    }
    {
      int l2 = l, r2 = r;
      while (l < r) {
        if (l & 1) all_apply(l++, f);
        if (r & 1) all_apply(--r, f);
        l >>= 1;
        r >>= 1;
      }
      l = l2;
      r = r2;
    }
    for (int i = 1; i <= log; i++) {
      if (((l >> i) << i) != l) update(l >> i);
      if (((r >> i) << i) != r) update((r - 1) >> i);
    }
  }
  template <bool (*g)(S)>
  int max_right(int l) {
    return max_right(l, [](S x) { return g(x); });
  }
  template <class G>
  int max_right(int l, G g) {
    assert(0 <= l && l <= _n);
    assert(g(e()));
    if (l == _n) return _n;
    l += size;
    for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) push(l >> i);
    S sm = e();
    do {
      while (l % 2 == 0) l >>= 1;
      if (!g(op(sm, d[l]))) {
        while (l < size) {
          push(l);
          l = (2 * l);
          if (g(op(sm, d[l]))) {
            sm = op(sm, d[l]);
            l++;
          }
        }
        return l - size;
      }
      sm = op(sm, d[l]);
      l++;
    } while ((l & -l) != l);
    return _n;
  }
  template <bool (*g)(S)>
  int min_left(int r) {
    return min_left(r, [](S x) { return g(x); });
  }
  template <class G>
  int min_left(int r, G g) {
    assert(0 <= r && r <= _n);
    assert(g(e()));
    if (r == 0) return 0;
    r += size;
    for (int i = log; i >= 1; i--) push((r - 1) >> i);
    S sm = e();
    do {
      r--;
      while (r > 1 && (r % 2)) r >>= 1;
      if (!g(op(d[r], sm))) {
        while (r < size) {
          push(r);
          r = (2 * r + 1);
          if (g(op(d[r], sm))) {
            sm = op(d[r], sm);
            r--;
          }
        }
        return r + 1 - size;
      }
      sm = op(d[r], sm);
    } while ((r & -r) != r);
    return 0;
  }

 private:
  int _n, size, log;
  std::vector<S> d;
  std::vector<F> lz;
  void update(int k) { d[k] = op(d[2 * k], d[2 * k + 1]); }
  void all_apply(int k, F f) {
    d[k] = mapping(f, d[k]);
    if (k < size) lz[k] = composition(f, lz[k]);
  }
  void push(int k) {
    all_apply(2 * k, lz[k]);
    all_apply(2 * k + 1, lz[k]);
    lz[k] = id();
  }
};
using S = int;
using F = int;
const int ID = int(2e9);
S op(S a, S b) { return {max(a, b)}; }
S e() { return {0}; }
S mapping(F f, S x) { return f + x; }
F composition(F f, F g) { return f + g; }
F id() { return 0; }
int main() {
  int n, k;
  cin >> n >> k;
  std::vector<S> v(n);
  lazy_segtree<S, op, e, F, mapping, composition, id> seg(300010);
  for (ll i = ll(0); i < ll(n); i++) {
    int a;
    cin >> a;
    int l = max(0, a - k);
    int r = min(300000, a + k + 1);
    int now = seg.prod(l, r);
    seg.set(a, now + 1);
  }
  cout << seg.prod(0, 300000);
}
