#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll=long long;

int main(){
  ll n,k;
  cin>>n>>k;
  vector<ll> x(n);
  for(ll i=0;i<n;i++){
    cin>>x[i];
  }
  ll ans=0;
  ll last=-1e15;
  for(ll i=0;i<n;i++){
    if(abs(x[i]-last)>=k){
      last=x[i];
      ans++;
    }
  }
  cout<<ans<<endl;
}