#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
long long inf;
const double eps = 1e-8;
const double pi = acos(-1.0);
template <class T>
long long chkmin(T &a, T b) {
  return a > b ? a = b, 1 : 0;
}
template <class T>
long long chkmax(T &a, T b) {
  return a < b ? a = b, 1 : 0;
}
template <class T>
T sqr(T a) {
  return a * a;
}
template <class T>
T mmin(T a, T b) {
  return a < b ? a : b;
}
template <class T>
T mmax(T a, T b) {
  return a > b ? a : b;
}
template <class T>
T aabs(T a) {
  return a < 0 ? -a : a;
}
template <class T>
long long dcmp(T a, T b) {
  return a > b;
}
template <long long *a>
long long cmp_a(long long first, long long second) {
  return a[first] < a[second];
}
struct __INIT__ {
  __INIT__() { memset(&inf, 0x3f, sizeof(inf)); }
} __INIT___;
namespace io {
const long long SIZE = (1 << 21) + 1;
char ibuf[SIZE], *iS, *iT, obuf[SIZE], *oS = obuf, *oT = oS + SIZE - 1, c,
                                       qu[55];
long long f, qr;
inline void flush() {
  fwrite(obuf, 1, oS - obuf, stdout);
  oS = obuf;
}
inline void putc(char first) {
  *oS++ = first;
  if (oS == oT) flush();
}
inline bool read(signed &first) {
  for (f = 1, c = (iS == iT ? (iT = (iS = ibuf) + fread(ibuf, 1, SIZE, stdin),
                              (iS == iT ? EOF : *iS++))
                            : *iS++);
       c < '0' || c > '9';
       c = (iS == iT ? (iT = (iS = ibuf) + fread(ibuf, 1, SIZE, stdin),
                       (iS == iT ? EOF : *iS++))
                     : *iS++))
    if (c == '-')
      f = -1;
    else if (c == EOF)
      return 0;
  for (first = 0; c <= '9' && c >= '0';
       c = (iS == iT ? (iT = (iS = ibuf) + fread(ibuf, 1, SIZE, stdin),
                       (iS == iT ? EOF : *iS++))
                     : *iS++))
    first = first * 10 + (c & 15);
  first *= f;
  return 1;
}
inline bool read(long long &first) {
  for (f = 1, c = (iS == iT ? (iT = (iS = ibuf) + fread(ibuf, 1, SIZE, stdin),
                              (iS == iT ? EOF : *iS++))
                            : *iS++);
       c < '0' || c > '9';
       c = (iS == iT ? (iT = (iS = ibuf) + fread(ibuf, 1, SIZE, stdin),
                       (iS == iT ? EOF : *iS++))
                     : *iS++))
    if (c == '-')
      f = -1;
    else if (c == EOF)
      return 0;
  for (first = 0; c <= '9' && c >= '0';
       c = (iS == iT ? (iT = (iS = ibuf) + fread(ibuf, 1, SIZE, stdin),
                       (iS == iT ? EOF : *iS++))
                     : *iS++))
    first = first * 10 + (c & 15);
  first *= f;
  return 1;
}
inline bool read(char &first) {
  first = (iS == iT ? (iT = (iS = ibuf) + fread(ibuf, 1, SIZE, stdin),
                       (iS == iT ? EOF : *iS++))
                    : *iS++);
  return first != EOF;
}
inline bool read(char *first) {
  while ((*first = (iS == iT ? (iT = (iS = ibuf) + fread(ibuf, 1, SIZE, stdin),
                                (iS == iT ? EOF : *iS++))
                             : *iS++)) == '\n' ||
         *first == ' ' || *first == '\r')
    if (*first == EOF) return 0;
  while (!(*first == '\n' || *first == ' ' || *first == '\r'))
    *(++first) = (iS == iT ? (iT = (iS = ibuf) + fread(ibuf, 1, SIZE, stdin),
                              (iS == iT ? EOF : *iS++))
                           : *iS++);
  *first = 0;
  return 1;
}
template <typename A, typename... B>
inline bool read(A &first, B &...second) {
  return read(first) && read(second...);
}
inline bool write(signed first) {
  if (!first) putc('0');
  if (first < 0) putc('-'), first = -first;
  while (first) qu[++qr] = first % 10 + '0', first /= 10;
  while (qr) putc(qu[qr--]);
  return 0;
}
inline bool write(long long first) {
  if (!first) putc('0');
  if (first < 0) putc('-'), first = -first;
  while (first) qu[++qr] = first % 10 + '0', first /= 10;
  while (qr) putc(qu[qr--]);
  return 0;
}
inline bool write(char first) {
  putc(first);
  return 0;
}
inline bool write(const char *first) {
  while (*first) {
    putc(*first);
    ++first;
  }
  return 0;
}
inline bool write(char *first) {
  while (*first) {
    putc(*first);
    ++first;
  }
  return 0;
}
template <typename A, typename... B>
inline bool write(A first, B... second) {
  return write(first) || write(second...);
}
struct Flusher_ {
  ~Flusher_() { flush(); }
} io_flusher_;
}  // namespace io
using io ::putc;
using io ::read;
using io ::write;
long long a[200005], cnt;
long long fac[200005], inv[200005], invf[200005];
const long long p = 998244353;
long long fpm(long long a, long long b) {
  long long c = 1;
  for (; b; b >>= 1, a = a * a % p)
    if (b & 1) c = c * a % p;
  return c;
}
long long pw[200005];
long long C(long long a, long long b) {
  return fac[a] * invf[b] % p * invf[a - b] % p;
}
signed main() {
  long long n, k;
  read(n, k);
  if (k == 1) return write("0\n");
  for (long long i = 1; i <= n; ++i) read(a[i]);
  a[n + 1] = a[1];
  for (long long i = 1; i <= n; ++i)
    if (a[i] != a[i + 1]) ++cnt;
  fac[0] = fac[1] = invf[0] = inv[1] = invf[1] = 1;
  pw[0] = 1;
  pw[1] = k - 2;
  long long s = 1;
  for (long long i = 1; i <= n - cnt; ++i) s = s * k % p;
  for (long long i = 2; i <= cnt || i <= 2; ++i) {
    fac[i] = fac[i - 1] * i % p;
    inv[i] = (p - p / i) * inv[p % i] % p;
    invf[i] = inv[i] * invf[i - 1] % p;
    pw[i] = pw[i - 1] * pw[1] % p;
  }
  long long ans = 1;
  for (long long i = 1; i <= n; ++i) ans = ans * k % p;
  for (long long i = 0; i * 2 <= cnt; ++i) {
    ans = (ans - (pw[cnt - i * 2] * C(cnt, i) % p * C(cnt - i, i) % p * s) % p +
           p) %
          p;
  }
  ans = ans * inv[2] % p;
  write(ans, '\n');
  return 0;
}
