#include <bits/stdc++.h>
const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f, Inf = 0x7fffffff;
const long long INF = 0x7fffffffffffffff;
template <typename _Tp>
_Tp gcd(const _Tp &a, const _Tp &b) {
  return (!b) ? a : gcd(b, a % b);
}
template <typename _Tp>
__inline__ __attribute__((always_inline)) _Tp abs(const _Tp &a) {
  return a >= 0 ? a : -a;
}
template <typename _Tp>
__inline__ __attribute__((always_inline)) _Tp max(const _Tp &a, const _Tp &b) {
  return a < b ? b : a;
}
template <typename _Tp>
__inline__ __attribute__((always_inline)) _Tp min(const _Tp &a, const _Tp &b) {
  return a < b ? a : b;
}
template <typename _Tp>
__inline__ __attribute__((always_inline)) void chmax(_Tp &a, const _Tp &b) {
  (a < b) && (a = b);
}
template <typename _Tp>
__inline__ __attribute__((always_inline)) void chmin(_Tp &a, const _Tp &b) {
  (b < a) && (a = b);
}
template <typename _Tp>
__inline__ __attribute__((always_inline)) void read(_Tp &x) {
  char ch(getchar());
  bool f(false);
  while (ch < 48 || ch > 57) f |= ch == 45, ch = getchar();
  x = ch & 15, ch = getchar();
  while (ch >= 48 && ch <= 57)
    x = (((x << 2) + x) << 1) + (ch & 15), ch = getchar();
  if (f) x = -x;
}
template <typename _Tp, typename... Args>
__inline__ __attribute__((always_inline)) void read(_Tp &t, Args &...args) {
  read(t);
  read(args...);
}
__inline__ __attribute__((always_inline)) int read_str(char *s) {
  char ch(getchar());
  while (ch == ' ' || ch == '\r' || ch == '\n') ch = getchar();
  char *tar = s;
  *tar = ch, ch = getchar();
  while (ch != ' ' && ch != '\r' && ch != '\n' && ch != EOF)
    *(++tar) = ch, ch = getchar();
  return tar - s + 1;
}
const int N = 200005;
const int mod = 998244353;
template <typename _Tp1, typename _Tp2>
__inline__ __attribute__((always_inline)) void add(_Tp1 &a, _Tp2 b) {
  (a += b) >= mod && (a -= mod);
}
template <typename _Tp1, typename _Tp2>
__inline__ __attribute__((always_inline)) void sub(_Tp1 &a, _Tp2 b) {
  (a -= b) < 0 && (a += mod);
}
long long ksm(long long a, long long b = mod - 2) {
  long long res = 1;
  while (b) {
    if (b & 1) res = res * a % mod;
    a = a * a % mod, b >>= 1;
  }
  return res;
}
long long fac[N], inv[N];
void init() {
  fac[0] = fac[1] = inv[0] = inv[1] = 1;
  for (int i = 2; i < N; ++i) {
    fac[i] = fac[i - 1] * i % mod;
    inv[i] = inv[mod % i] * (mod - mod / i) % mod;
  }
  for (int i = 2; i < N; ++i) {
    inv[i] = inv[i - 1] * inv[i] % mod;
  }
}
__inline__ __attribute__((always_inline)) long long C(int n, int m) {
  return fac[n] * inv[m] % mod * inv[n - m] % mod;
}
long long S(int n, int m) {
  long long ans = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i <= m; ++i) {
    if ((m - i) & 1)
      sub(ans, C(m, i) * ksm(i, n) % mod);
    else
      add(ans, C(m, i) * ksm(i, n) % mod);
  }
  ans = ans * inv[m] % mod;
  return ans;
}
int main() {
  init();
  int n;
  long long k;
  read(n, k);
  if (k == 0)
    printf("%lld\n", fac[n]);
  else if (k >= n)
    printf("%lld\n", 0ll);
  else
    printf("%lld\n", 2ll * C(n, n - k) * fac[n - k] % mod * S(n, n - k) % mod);
  return 0;
}
