using System;
using static System.Console;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;

class Program
{
    static int NN => int.Parse(ReadLine());
    static long[] NList => ReadLine().Split().Select(long.Parse).ToArray();
    public static void Main()
    {
        Solve();
    }
    static void Solve()
    {
        var c = NList;
        var (n, m, k) = (c[0], c[1], c[2]);
        WriteLine(Distance(n, m, k));
    }
    static long Distance(long n, long m, long k)
    {
        var mod = 998_244_353;
        if (m <= k)
        {
            return Exp(m, n * 2, mod);
        }
        var upmin = (m - k) % mod;
        return ((Exp(k, n * 2, mod) - Exp(k - 1, n * 2, mod) + mod) % mod * upmin % mod + Exp(k, n * 2, mod)) % mod;
    }
    static long Exp(long n, long k, int mod)
    {
        n %= mod;
        if (k == 0) return 1;
        if (k == 1) return n;
        var half = Exp(n, k / 2, mod);
        var result = half * half % mod;
        return ((k % 2) == 0) ? result : (result * n % mod);
    }
}