#include<bits/stdc++.h>
namespace {
#pragma GCC diagnostic push
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-function"
#include<atcoder/all>
#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;
#define rep(i,n) for(int i = 0; i < (int)(n); i++)
#define rrep(i,n) for(int i = (int)(n) - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define all(x) begin(x), end(x)
#define rall(x) rbegin(x), rend(x)
template<class T> bool chmax(T& a, const T& b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return true; } else return false; }
template<class T> bool chmin(T& a, const T& b) { if (b < a) { a = b; return true; } else return false; }
using ll = long long;
using P = pair<int,int>;
using VI = vector<int>;
using VVI = vector<VI>;
using VL = vector<ll>;
using VVL = vector<VL>;
using mint = modint998244353;

} int main() {
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(0);
  ll n, m, k;
  cin >> n >> m >> k;
  n *= 2;
  if (k >= m) {
    cout << mint(m).pow(n).val() << '\n';
    return 0;
  }
  mint ans = mint(k - 1).pow(n) + (m + 1 - k) * (mint(k).pow(n) - mint(k - 1).pow(n));
  cout << ans.val() << endl;
}