/** gnu specific **/
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
/** contains everything I need in std **/
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define rall(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
#define sz(S) ((int)S.size())
#define FOR(i, st_, n) for(int i = st_; i < n; ++i)
#define RFOR(i, n, end_) for(int i = (n)-1; i >= end_; --i)
#define x first
#define y second
#define pb push_back
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<double, double> pdd;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<ull, ull> pull;
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
typedef tree<ll, null_type, less<>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update> ordered_set;
using namespace std;
#ifdef ONPC
mt19937 rnd(228);
#else
mt19937 rnd(chrono::high_resolution_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
#endif


int32_t main()
{
    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);
    cin.tie(0);
    ll m,n;
    ll mod = 998244353;
    cin >> n >> m;
    if(n == 1 && m > 1)
        cout << 0;
    else
    {
        ll res = n;
        FOR(i,1,m)
        {
            res*= n-1;
            res%= mod;
        }
        cout << res;
    }
}